Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-1293767-20131027034506/@comment-5106672-20140119034613

Killian Jones wrote: Anastasia was a real person, yes. I am pretty sure there is a real person called Regina too. There's probably someone real called Abigail out there. And I think there's a real Henry, Felix, Malcolm, Eva, Alice, David, Alphonse, Ariel, Daniel and Frederick. That doesn't mean every fictional character with their names has to be based on them. Anastasia might not even be based on Cinderella's step sister, why would she be based on a russian princess? That's not what I meant, it's not about the name. Of course she is named like some real people, but it's different from being created (and thus named) after one of them. I assume there's plenty of fictional Anastasia's out there, including Cinderella's stepsister, but it's different from a fictional rendition of "The" Anastasia. Not a random real person.

I was commenting about calling out the "myth" justifying the possibility for an inclusion. Like, okay, that's (a bit of a stretch but let's assume it's) a good point: it's still sensitive matter. Prior to the release of the 1997 movie the marketing campaign in Russia had to strongly emphasize it was totally fictional, absolutely not meant to be historically accurate, fairytalish, only losely backgrounded by real events and bla bla. Although the general reception in Russia was good, it had to go through all those disclaimers first to convince people it was not offensive/disrespectful/whatever. A bit troublesome.

WIth this said, it would be cool if she turned out to be Cinderella's stepsister, but regardless, she's a great character I've grown to love a lot. <3