Comment on Once Upon A Time - Season Seven Rewrite

  1. RedTailedHawkens on Chapter 1 Fri 28 Feb 2025 02:22AM UTC

    I am a staunch S7 defender, and a Henry/Ivy shipper. I was so mad that they weren't endgame. I'm so excited to read this, but I think I'll take my time with it.
    Notes on this chapter: I love the alteration you made to Henry's scene with Regina about how he doesn't really fit in in Storybrooke or the Land without Magic because of how he grew up. I also love that you're sending him to the Wish!Realm instead of a New Realm.
    I love that you've incorporated Anastasia from Wonderland, because she WAS Cinderella's stepsister and I will die on this hill and I'm glad you think so also.
    I like that it's only four years before Henry runs someone down, and that it's Drizella and her mother. I am curious about all the name changes i.e. Samantha, Penelope, Clairemont. I can't help but wonder if there's any meaning behind why you picked those names. I'd love to know your thought process, if you're willing to share it.
    I do wonder about, if this isn't a New Realm, but the Wish!Realm which is an alternate timeline of the Realm from S1-6, how there is another Cinderella, but hopefully you'll explain it. If not, that's fair. It's your fic, and I will still read it, because I am enjoying the changes. It also makes me want to rewatch S7 so that I can remind myself of what happened and better distinguish between what is taken from canon and what is original. You've weaved it all together very seamlessly.
    It's interesting that Tilly and Margot are already together in Hyperion Heights in your version.
    Also, I love the twist that Cinderella (Penelope) didn't want to marry the Prince, but it made her the step-mother's favorite, and now she's trying to help Drizella. I wonder if Henry really is Samantha's father or not. It's cool either way, because I think both options could be interesting, I'm just curious. I guess I'll have to keep reading.
    This was a lot of fun, and I look forward to reading the rest. S7 needs more love, as do Henry and Drizella.
    Stay safe,
    ~RTH

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    1. MattDeanOuat815 on Chapter 1 Fri 28 Feb 2025 05:17AM UTC

      Thank you so much for your comment.
      This story was created while on a rewatch of Season Seven. I very much enjoyed it although felt like a few tweaks and alterations could make it really pop. I hated having Two Cinderella's, Two Anastacia's, Two Hansel's and Two Alice's. It just felt unfair to them because Jacinta felt like a replacement or second best. Anastacia in Wonderland is clearly meant to be Cinderella's sister like you said but Penelope is not Wish Realm Cinderella. Penelope is her own character and some of her story plus Cinderella's was taken to create the Cinderella we know in the story. You'll later see that this is also the case with Alice (Tilly). I did this to keep in the line with the rest of Once Upon A Time and how they combined different peoples stories to create the fairytales we know. (Cinderella and her step mother and step sister being in the land of untold stories. But then we had Anastacia from Wonderland and Drizella in Season 7). I always felt it was a mistake to not make Drizella and Anastcia not sisters because in the Disney story Cinderella's sister are Drizella and Anastacia. And having the Anasatacia in Season 7 made it feel like they were ignoring the Red Queen. This was a way to solve the issue while keeping in line with how Once upon a time treats characters and keeps in line with established Canon.

      The name changes were done to seperate and differentiate the characters. The name Clairemont was used because Anastacia's (Red Queen) family name was never used and I wanted it to be a continuation of her story after Anastacia left with Will to Wonderland. (Still Wish Realm but the events didn't change). Penelope was chosen to make clear that she isn't Cinderlla but like. And the name Penelope is like David and James and a name that could come up in our world or the Enchanted Forest. Samantha was changed to differentiate her from Lucy. Prince Matthew you'll see takes the place of Hansel in the story.

      There are many more twists and turns as the story develops and I hope you enjoy it. The curse and how it was cast, how Wish Hook, Regina, and Mr Gold ended up in the Wish Realm. You'll see character changes and the new paths they take. Old friends will appear and they will all have to deal with being cursed and cut off from Storybrooke.

      I'm very proud of the story I wrote and I will not admit how long I invested in this story to make sure that I honoured Once Upon a time and this idea.

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