Board Thread:Off-Topic Fun/@comment-24863788-20150712021406/@comment-24863788-20150712034009

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: I would hope Tiana will come in at some point this season. But counting Tiana, there's still 13 Disney Princesses they could do, and they can also create their own princesses, like Abigail (though she did exist in the original Midas myth, she was a very minor character and was a child. Abigail was aged up, given a story and presumably wasn't turned to gold by her father like in the original tale).

Jasmine was alluded to with Alice and Anastasia in Wonderland, while Cyrus pretty much filled in for Aladdin and having Will be an allusion to him as well (with Leopold being an allusion to Aladdin due to his relationship with Sidney).

And the only remaining princess is Pocahontas, who while a real life historical figure like Blackbeard, Mulan and Robin Hood, is probably too controversial for Once. Though she could be a Land Without Magic character named after the historical figure, which would then solve all problems.

We also have Moana, whose movie is coming in 2016, but she's already confirmed to be Disney's first Polynesian Princess, so regardless of whether her movie is a flop or not, she'll be a Disney Princess.

There's also Princess Sofia and Kilala Reno, who are tied to all of the offical Disney Princess in spin-off media (Sofia can summon them with her magical amulet, and Kilala meets them and collects magical stones from them in order to become a princess herself).

Then we have the "unofficial" princesses and queens such as Esmeralda (Hunchback Of Notre Dame, added to the franchise in 2000 then dropped in 2005), Jane Porter (Tarzan, wife of the KING of the jungle), Kida Nedakh (Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Queen of Atlantis), Nala (The Lion King, Simba's Queen), Vanellope Von Schweetz (Wreck-It Ralph, Princess/President of Sugar Rush), Eilonwy (from the major flop The Black Cauldron), and Megara (Hercules, wife of the Prince of the Greek Gods, princess in the source myths). A&E indeed have many options. I doubt Moana will ever be in Once becuase of her movie's release date, and same with Kilala, Sofia, Vanellope and Eilonwy. I can see Megara working in the Once universe perfectly, and Jane, Esmeralda and Kida could probably be worked into the plot if A&E wanted them to. But I think that they should use the bigger characters first, the most succesful ones. Not for commercial purposes, but for nostalgia and to attract a bigger audience. I, for instance, have never seen Blac Cauldron, but I've seen Princess and the Frog, Aladdin and Pocahontas, as have millions of people.

They could always include more fairytale-only characters like Goldilocks (I've always wanted to see her on the show) and greek mithology (since Poseidon and Medusa have already been introduced), but I feel like it's better for both the show and the audience if they stick with the fairytales-turned-into-Disney-movies theme, at least for two more archs or so. After Hercules, The Princess and the Frog and Aladdin, I will feel more than welcome for them to include less-known characters.