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Killian Jones wrote:

Eskaver wrote: Example: Briar Rose and Aurora are two characters that are both Sleeping Beauty, but different versions. They also happen to be mother and daughter. The same is with Ashley and Jacinda.

However, we likely won't see Ashley or a number of version 1/2s. I don't think that example is accurate. While Ashley and Jacinda are two separate versions inspired by the Cinderella archetype, I think their case is different from Briar Rose and Aurora.

The way I see it, each set of lands of storytelling (which I'll be calling Universe) "adapts" archetypes in its own particular way. Universe 1 adapted the Sleeping Beauty archetype by dividing its elements into different vessels, so to speak. So the Universe 1 version of the Sleeping Beauty consists of Briar Rose and Aurora together. Same thing goes for the Universe 1 version of the Little Mermaid's villain, consisting of three different vessels: Regina, the Goddess Ursula and her namesake the Sea Witch. They're not different versions of each other, but rather different vessels that acquired aspects derived from the same archetype: all of them combined represent the Universe's version of that archetype. On a very different case, Universe 1 adapted the Cinderella archetype as played by Jessy Schram and Universe 2 adapted it as played by Dania Ramirez. These two are not parts of the same adaptation. They're entirely different takes on the archetype. That's a fair point, but it still winds up being multiple characters adapting the same archetype. Briar Rose and Aurora may be somewhat different takes, but they both wound up being the Sleeping Beauty. They were both cursed by Maleficent with a sleeping curse, until a prince woke them up. So in that respect they are similar to the two Cinderella's, as both will probably also share aspects of Cinderella.