Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20170722200752/@comment-25375217-20170722212214

Maybe when we first meet Tiana at Cindy's ball, her story has already come to an end like Snow at Ella's ball. That's why she's all princessed up. And it would be cool to see Cindy and Tiana as princess BFFs in the Enchanted Forest and Storybrooke; they never really did that in the first six seasons even though the building blocks were set for Snow/Ella, Snow/Jasmine, Belle/Ariel... gosh, so many missed opportunities.

Then later in the season, Tiana becomes a bigger focus and we get her backstory with Dr. Facilier and Naveen. That's also why we haven't heard about any actors for them.

Maybe the storybook Prince Charming at Cindy's ball could be like Prince Charming from Shrek 2 and 3 (only loosely! I don't actually want Shrek on Once!) and be villainous. After Cindy turns him down, he sides with Tremaine and Drizella. He could then play the role of Abigail in Hyperion Heights instead of Drizella. (Although hopefully, he and Cindy won't actually be romantically involved... we don't need any other very-close-to-rape stories.) And he could be played by Vladimir or the guy from IMDb.