Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20140819231254/@comment-4975807-20140823211517

Brzoskwinia wrote: WinterWoodsGal wrote: I don't think Tiger Lily is a Disney Princess...she's a chiefs daughter, like Pochahontas. And we just did Neverland and they chose not to include her so why include her now? Tiger Lily is not a Disney Princess, Pocahontas is. And it does not have to be Tiger Lily, it was just a example, that it's possible to mix characters like Pocahontas with some characters from fairytales in a nice way.

I feel iffy about having real life people on OUAT. Yet, Black Beard was a real life person, and OUAT had a fictional depiction of him. Who's to say OUAT didn't take some creative liberties with him? Before this character was on the show, I didn't know who the heck he was. When I think about Pocahontas, I see she's likely more "well-known" internationally around the world because of the Disney fictional depiction of her. I guess what I'm feeling conflict about is, on the one hand, what's wrong with taking creative liberties with a person of ___ ethnic background who was a real life person? Writers do this all the time when they make a film/television show with real historic people, but not all of it is factual. (Example: the British historic film "The Duchess" that centers on Georgina Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. It has a fictional depiction of how she got pregnant with her son, William, after her husband rapes her when he learns she has a lover.) But on the other hand, taking creative liberties might come off as cultural insensitivity or just not an accurate and just depiction of the person's culture. The only way I could see them doing Pocahontas is to take out that John Smith-Pocahontas romance bullshit. I still don't really believe that Pocahontas "saved" John Smith from being killed by her tribespeople because these (questionable) claims come from John Smith himself.