Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24386552-20180204001624/@comment-2153169-20180204015336

The main problem of Cinderella is that they want to establish her as Snow 2.0 right away. Same with her romance with Henry. The thing is we can't really compare her because of one main point...

Just look at how many backstory eps she got so far: 3. We're half season; and we got 33 backstories for Ella: 701, 703, 708. Now, look at Snow in S1. Look at how many backstories she got in S1, not even the number of ep where she was centric.... Just the number of eps giving a more or less good look at her past: 101, 103, 107, 110, 115, 116, 118, 121.

They are not comparable. We can't relate to Ella if she does not appear, or is not important to make the flashback imp. Same about her romance with Henry.

Jacinda feels better because her storyline felt important in many episodes, not just her centric.

The first problem of Ella is her lack of centric/screentime. Potential writing issues come after.