Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34924658-20171024194401/@comment-1916997-20171030042104

Eskaver wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Also, just because NEF Ana may wind up sharing more with Disney's Ana, doesn't change the fact they both pull from the Disney movie. We aren't arguing over which Cinderella or which Lady Tremaine is the Disney one and which one isn't, I'm honestly not sure why we are arguing over which Ana is the Disney one. It's less about "Only one can be the true Ana!" Just applying some standard to the decision.

Ana (OUAT) is the sister of Drizella, daughter of Lady Tremaine, stepsister of Cinderella.

Ana (WL) is the sister of unnamed sisters, daughter of unnamed woman, stepsister of a person with a story similar enough to Cinderella.

Jane's wording says fairytale specifically (if she just said "Cinderella", then that can easily mean both fairytale and film), so they are both based on the fairytale. Can't put words in the writers' mouths. But one has a very strong connection to the first Disney film.

We did something similar to Clorinda, (sister of Tisbe, daughter of Lady Tremaine, stepsister of Cinderella.) (In these criteria, even Clorinda would be closer than Ana (WL) and she's not based on Anastasia Tremaine from the Disney film). The point is that everyone else was unnamed, so we can't assume one way or the other what Red Queen Ana's sister, mother, or stepsister are named. Like if Jane says she has a sister named Drizella, her mother is named Donna, and her stepsister is named Angelina, does that make her the Disney character or not? The sisters names are from Disney, but the mother and stepsister are from the opera. (Basically the opposite of Season 1's Cinderella's name sceme.) This is the problem with this whole thing. Technically, all the characters are based off the Disney versions, because the Disney versions are based off the fairy tale versions.