Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-25733960-20171021010133/@comment-25926288-20171022233912

Character and Actor Breakdown as of 7x03:

Andrew as Henry: Henry was barely more than a plot device, so it's not too much of a novelty. While he accurately portrays Henry and does his best with what he has, from an audience standpoint, can you really care about his (we already know) fictional family that he lost. We can't fault him for the established and promoted romance as part of that is writing as Henry isn't given much reason to like Ella besides..."wanting to budge his way i--find his own story". Their strongest tie is Lucy. If she wasn't there, this would be pretty dry.

Dania as Jacinda/Ella: Ella is a self-sabatoging, self-downer. It comes across that way as well. One could be arguing that Dania is making her unlikeble, but I don't think the writing gave any reason as to why we should like her. More on the writers, etc, as I think they assumed "Cinderella = Sob story". While she might not be one to take the strong female lead as I admit, put in anyone else and the story isn't better. Palpable, but not better.

Gabrielle as Tremaine/Victoria: Can anyone say that Tremaine hasn't been written as a one-note, one-dimensional villain until this episode? If Gabby somehow seemed better, I think it's because they gave her direction and the writing wasn't straightforward. Saying her plot is remiscent of other plots and that she as an actress doesn't stand close is partially due to the fact that we've already seen similar. Given what she has had, I think she's done fine. Put in Jaime or Caroline, the acting might be better, but they'd still come off as one note until the motivation was introduced. (I would think the writers would sort of tell the actors more about their character.)

Mekia as Tiana: She has been in like five scenes and half of them were exposition, or like ten seconds. Mekia can be a fine actress but those don't really say much.

Adelaide as Drizella and Rose as Alice: Similar cases. Good actresses, but barely seen.

I think evaluating acting is fine, but just remember the other factors as well. You may well think, "Dania can't be top female lead", but the other part that's not mentioned is that she hasn't really had any good writing underneath it. If she botches a well-written performance, then we can talk. XD