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NickM98 wrote:

CoolDudeAl wrote:

NickM98 wrote: The promo for "The Other Shoe" indicates that Anastasia is not one of Cinderella's stepsisters, the actress who played her mother isn't portraying Lady Tremaine either. I think its a shame that they passed on the opportunity to make a more visual connection between the main series and the spin-off, it was strongly implied that Anastasia was one of Cinderella's stepsisters what with the Jabberwocky's statements and the appearance of her mother. With the recasting of Jafar (due to scheduling conflicts), they don't have much of an opportunity to tie in the two series.

However, there has to be a reason why Adam and Eddy have made this decision. I look forward to seeing their take on the characters. Due to the timeline, we already knew Ana wouldn't be one of the two stepsisters that we saw in Price of Gold (and therefore the upcoming episode). However, Ana can still be an older sister to the two sisters we are seeing here, which also fits with Ana's mother's line in Wonderland of "At least I still have your sisters." Could you just refresh my memory as to why the timeline doesn't allow this? Anastasia leaves the Enchanted Forest before Marian is pregnant, and Robin steals the Fairy Godmother's wand (which is Rumple's possession immediately BEFORE Cinderella meets Thomas) to heal a pregnant Marian. Plus, Cinderella marries Thomas about 9-10 months before the Curse (we can infer this due to her pregnancy), and Anastasia knew a young Alice, who is 18 at the events of the present day, and was 10 in her little girl flashbacks.

Unless she left Wonderland once Cora killed the Red King (confirmed by Adam on Twitter) and then got involved with Cinderella's story, then went back after being humiliated, there's no way Anastasia is Anastasia Tremaine.