Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6208134-20130202010219/@comment-6175354-20130214012558

Anubis16 wrote: Aurora is the name of the baby in the tale, but we never see Phillip because we only see Aurora as a baby, which is why I think Aurora should be Sleeping Beauty if Sleeping Beauty's daughter is only seen as a baby in the orginal tale and is not very well-known Aurora being only seen as baby, in the traditional fairytale; is the exact reason OUaT is telling her story. The daughter of Sleeping Beauty's story is, virtually, a blank slate. This gives OUaT creative freedom, with their Aurora's arc.