Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5825802-20140418182234

I recently heard that the creators of OUAT want to do Anna, Elsa, and Merida. For some reason I am bothered by this. The Snow Queen is an actual story yes, but Anna is purely a character made up by Disney. I believe the original herione was named Gerda. And Merida and her story featured in Pixar's Brave are not part of an old fairytale or book at all. I understand that they have used Disney's original names such as Ariel and Ursula, ( I believe that the original story just labeled her as a mermaid and a sea witch.) so I think I would be okay with the twist on Anna and Elsa if they had more shoutouts to the original tale. But for the creators to state that this show is based on storybook characters and then do Brave/Merida who is not from a storybook, just seems like they are straying too far and getting too wrapped up in Disney films. Let me know if you guys agree! I would love for someone to have a great justification so my mind could stop thinking about this... :) 