Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26261400-20160803213132/@comment-1916997-20160805053631

ItachiIshtar wrote: Eskaver wrote: Although I can't stand the complaints that "My favorite Disney character isn't the way I liked in the movie!", even they have points. It's a perplexing conundrum. Megara is a prime example of this. She didn't have to be 100% like her Disney counterpart, but she shouldn't have been such a cowering damsel in distress. The Disney Megara was tough, sassy, and was fully capable of taking care of herself. It's one thing to divert from the Disney version, but it's another to make their own character a complete downgrade. Especially when Once Upon a Time has boasted about having strong female characters since day 1. Both Herc and Meg were much more like their myth versions than their Disney versions though, I thought, so that didn't bother me. This is where having characters like Elsa, Anna, Merida, etc. actually hurt the show the most. Now whenever a character that has a Disney counterpart is announced, everyone instantly assumes they are going to be just like the Disney version. And again, that has only been the case for the Frozen and Brave characters. Not that all the characters don't take certain aspects from their Disney versions, but they are not exact replicas. Even look at this thread, the person is saying "oh look, now Aladdin is coming on the show", but from the sneak peek, I didn't see anything they would have instantly made me think of Disney's Aladdin for that character. Heck, if his name wasn't stated, I wouldn't even be sure that was Aladdin.