Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24674051-20150505212116/@comment-25077005-20150507175009

Hmcooper4 wrote: Honestly, if you were going to do Once Upon a Time in Atlantica (or whatever you want to call the sea kingdom), you would need both Ursula and Ariel, in addition ot Posiedon, and possibly Eric, if you wanted it to stand any chance of success. And honestly, that would be the most difficult crossover imaginable, due to trying to do realistic CGI to handle underwater action.

And if you were going to used LM characters in a different cross over, then you could use Marina, with flashbacks that revolve around HCA LM. But that would be one episode, and used to establish Marina as a character. And even then, I would still tie in the already established LM characters at some level. Even Wonderland used already established characters (Robin Hood, Cora) and settings (Storybrooke) to help tie it into the OUaT universe.

I like the idea of Marina and incorporating the original HCA fairy tale, I just don't see that being an entire arc. (The character could be, with a more compelling plot line). Marina's home town in the LWM is 4 to 7 hours from Storybrooke. The spinoff would better by basing off Hans Christian Anderson's version to avoid the Disney one unless you count Ariel guest starring. Hook could also appear in the spinoff. Marina I vision her as a teenager like 16 or 17 years old while her mother Sirena is like 18 or 19 when she past away, and had Marina who was still in her egg only to hatch in the LWM. Since mermaids could travel to other places she could easily end up in Storybrooke with more guest stars in it. Is anyone ok that she has the ability to change into her mermaid form due to her being half human?