Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-34924658-20171011174848/@comment-1916997-20171011233742

Tysonjackson wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: I agree with most of the things mentioned so far, but a few of them are a bit of a stretch. Which ones?

Off of Dat's list, these are the ones I don't quite agree with, with reasoning:

REGINA: RUMPLESTILTSKIN: PRINCE CHARMING: EMMA SWAN: SIDNEY GLASS: 
 * The Stepmother from Hansel & Gretel - Out of the ones I don't quite agree with, this one probably has the most merit, but even still, I'm not sure Regina fills the role of the stepmother, so much as they needed to tie Hansel and Gretel to one of the main cast members in Season 1 (every Season 1 FB tied to a main cast member in some way), and the easiest way was to make Regina have them get the poisioned apple back from the Blind Witch.
 * The Fairy Godmother from Cinderella - Rumple kills the Fairy Godmother so he can insert himself into Cinderella's story. It was one of the first examples of a Once twist. He isn't the Fairy Godmother though, he just finished what she was going to do, had he not killed her.
 * Both Beowulf and the Grendel from Beowulf - Not sure where this is coming from. Beowulf was shown to be his own character, and the Grendel was shown to be a trick Beowulf plays
 * King David from the Bible - Although they purposely chose lots of biblical names around Charming (David, Ruth, James, etc.), I don't think anything he did was actually a direct corolation to the Bible.
 * Both Odette and Odile from Swan Lake - This one comes up a lot, but we have no actual story connections to Swan Lake for Emma. Just because she became a Dark One for one arc does not Emma, Swan Lake make.
 * Christ from the Bible - She has a few similarities to Christ because they are both Saviors. It doesn't mean she is purposefully referencing Christ.
 * The Trollden Glass from The Snow Queen - Sidney was not The Trolden Glass, that was the mirror Ingrid was making. Sidney merely brought her a piece.

If anyone wants to defend these, please go ahead, I'd be interested to here reasoning.