Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31722073-20180907205459/@comment-25926288-20180907224245

My standard is:

Name.

Story (nothing “Kinda” or “Sorta”).

Appearance.

Writer Conf.

I’d knock the “based on Up” off simply due to name. Name is not always a given, nor is writer conf, but I think the other two categories have to be very strong.

The Story was sort of similar, the House was reminiscent of the House from Up, there was some writer talk about it (and Benjamin Button), and combine all that...it’s an allusion.

A clear example is the difference between Elsa and Ingrid.

Elsa is based on Elsa. Ingrid is based on the Snow Queen.

Or even one up to Brair Rose and Aurora.

Briar Rose is based on the fairytale (even though it has Disney elements), while Aurora is based on Disney.

In that, Brair Rose has traces of Disney Aurora in her story, but heavily on the fairytale tale side. Plus lack of name, strong adaptation to Disney story, such.

Aurora on the other hand, has the name, the adaptation is strong, etc.

So, for Rumple and Belle:

Name: N/A

Story: Weak to Mediocre

Appearance: Weak to Mediocre

Writer conf: Weak