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* In RealLife, a Grand Duke and a King are often related, often as closely as cousins. No wonder the Duke can speak so open-mindedly to the King - they are family!

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* In RealLife, a Grand Duke and a King are often related, often as closely as cousins. No wonder the Duke can speak so open-mindedly frankly to the King - they are family!
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* So why of all people would it be ''Anastasia'' be the one who gets a HeelFaceTurn, while Drizella remains a HateSink? Actually, it may even be foreshadowed here....

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* So why of all people would it be ''Anastasia'' be the one who gets a HeelFaceTurn, while Drizella remains a HateSink? Actually, it may even be foreshadowed here....

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* The prince wants to marry for love - rather than status or political arrangements. When you take into account that this was very ''very'' common at the time this story takes place (''especially'' for royals like him!), it makes sense that he would conflict with his dad over the whole "Get married" angle.
** Part FridgeBrilliance, part FridgeHorror: Perhaps the king and his [[MissingMom absent wife]] were in one such arranged political marriage, and it wasn't a [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage well arranged one]]. Maybe his idea of holding a royal ball was a compromise. He's still "arranging" the marriage in a way... but giving ''his son'' the freedom to choose ''who'' in particular to marry.
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* Charles Perrault's version of the FairyTale mentions that one of the step-sisters was not as mean as the other one which explains Anastasia's redemption in the sequel and threequel.

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* Charles Perrault's version of the FairyTale mentions that one of the step-sisters stepsisters was not as mean as the other one which explains Anastasia's redemption in the sequel and threequel.



* Most claim CanonDiscontinuity when the king orders "girl who fits the slipper" hunt in the first film but lampshades its ridiculousness in the third. However, he was in hysterics, and possibly even drunk, when he made that order. So it is likely he had a clearer head by the next morning and would've called the order off had his son not insisted they keep trying.

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* Most claim CanonDiscontinuity when the king King orders "girl who fits the slipper" hunt in the first film but lampshades its ridiculousness in the third. However, he was in hysterics, and possibly even drunk, when he made that order. So it is likely he had a clearer head by the next morning and would've called the order off had his son not insisted they keep trying.



*** And remember, the opening narration said that Lady Tremaine was squandering the family's fortunes for her daughters. Perhaps once things went back to normal, her ultimate plan would be to leave Cinderella with the family debts and the ruined chataeu, while the rest of the family either married into a new one or escaped the country. No matter what was going through Lady Tremaine's head when she locked Cinderella up, one thing is for sure: she wanted Cinderella to suffer terribly. All because she was more beautiful and charming than the stepmother or her daughters.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'s'' step-sisters destroy the dress she's wearing with their bare hands after discovering that she made the dress out of the same materials they had on their dresses. A kid is reminded of fighting with her own siblings over things like clothes and thinks, "That's so mean!" [[ParentalBonus An adult]] finds it disturbingly similar to sexual assault (or, if you ''really'' want to be perverted, a good, ol'-fashioned, clothes-rippin' CatFight).
** More FridgeHorror comes in when you realize that if the stepsisters have no problem assaulting Cindrella in such a fashion (no pun intended), then they and their mother may have physically abused Cinderella prior to this!

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*** And remember, the opening narration said that Lady Tremaine was squandering the family's fortunes for her daughters. Perhaps once things went back to normal, her ultimate plan would be to leave Cinderella with the family debts and the ruined chataeu, château while the rest of the family either married into a new one or escaped the country. No matter what was going through Lady Tremaine's head when she locked Cinderella up, one thing is for sure: she wanted Cinderella to suffer terribly. All because she was more beautiful and charming than the stepmother or her daughters.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'s'' step-sisters stepsisters destroy the dress she's wearing with their bare hands after discovering that she made the dress out of the same materials they had on their dresses. A kid is reminded of fighting with her own siblings over things like clothes and thinks, "That's so mean!" [[ParentalBonus An adult]] finds it disturbingly similar to sexual assault (or, if you ''really'' want to be perverted, a good, ol'-fashioned, clothes-rippin' CatFight).
** More FridgeHorror comes in when you realize that if the stepsisters have no problem assaulting Cindrella Cinderella in such a fashion (no pun intended), then they and their mother may have physically abused Cinderella prior to this!



* In ''Cinderella: A Twist in Time'', the lengths Lady Tremaine goes to replace Cinderella with one of her own daughters as the prince's wife is really alarming, when you think about it. Cinderella is HappilyMarried, moved away from her stepfamily, and probably never thought she'd have to deal with them again. Then Lady Tremaine turns back the clock and starts casting enchantments left and right to have her way. Even worse, she's clearly more than willing to erase Anastasia's identity in the process. Her last plan was to turn Anastasia into a copy of Cinderella. So not only was she tricking the prince into marrying under false pretenses, but she's condemning Anastasia to either a marriage as a lie (if Anastasia stays looking like Cinderella for the rest of her life) or a marriage where the prince is almost certainly resentful and upset (if Anastasia is turned into her own form after the wedding).

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* In ''Cinderella: A Twist in Time'', the lengths Lady Tremaine goes to replace Cinderella with one of her own daughters as the prince's Prince's wife is really alarming, alarming when you think about it. Cinderella is HappilyMarried, she's moved away from her stepfamily, and she probably never thought she'd have to deal with them again. Then Lady Tremaine turns back the clock and starts casting enchantments left and right to have her way. Even worse, she's clearly more than willing to erase Anastasia's identity in the process. Her last plan was to turn Anastasia into a copy of Cinderella. So not only was she tricking the prince Prince into marrying under false pretenses, but she's condemning Anastasia to either a marriage as a lie (if Anastasia stays looking like Cinderella for the rest of her life) or a marriage where the prince Prince is almost certainly resentful and upset (if Anastasia is turned into her own form after the wedding).



*** This puts a few actions in the first movie into perspective - Drusilla smacked Anastasia with the flute when Anastasia's finger got stuck. Anastasia only retaliated. When Tremaine encouraged the sisters to attack Cinderella, she goes for ''Drusilla'' first. Sure, it could be because the beads are more obvious than a sash, but it's easy to assume that she only went along with it to remain on her mother's good side. This is common amongst abusive families and social circles. An aggressor (Tremaine) uses one or two other figures as the enablers (Drusilla) and specifically a ''follower''... in this case, Anastasia.
* According to Cinderella, "A dream is a wish your heart makes". If one were to take this to be true, then hearts really love to wish for messed up things, and nightmares!

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*** This puts a few actions in the first movie into perspective - Drusilla Drizella smacked Anastasia with the flute when Anastasia's finger got stuck. Anastasia only retaliated. When Tremaine encouraged the sisters to attack Cinderella, she goes for ''Drusilla'' ''Drizella'' first. Sure, it could be because the beads are more obvious than a sash, but it's easy to assume that she only went along with it to remain on her mother's good side. This is common amongst abusive families and social circles. An aggressor (Tremaine) (Lady Tremaine) uses one or two other figures as the enablers (Drusilla) (Drizella) and specifically a ''follower''... in this case, Anastasia.
* According to Cinderella, "A dream is a wish your heart makes". If one were to take this to be true, then hearts really love to wish for messed up messed-up things, and nightmares!
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* Why does Anastasia get ProgressivelyPrettier as her personality improves? Maybe her features look smoother because she's more relaxed and she becomes true to herself.

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** In this universe, the Fairy Godmother could probably have turned one of the animals into a child or

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** In this universe, the Fairy Godmother could probably have turned one of the animals into a child orchild.
*** I feel like someone with magic that powerful might have a fertility spell up her sleeve.

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* So why of all people would it be ''Anastasia'' be the one who gets a HeelFaceTurn, while Drizella remains a HateSink? Actually, it may even be foreshadowed here....
** Drizella's the oldest one according to WordOfGod. Makes sense that Tremaine would favour ''her'' the most, this was common back in the time this takes place. (Even though Tremaine is GenreBlind - YoungestChildWins in fairy tales.)
** During the "Sing sweet nightingale" sequence, Anastasia's clearly not happy at all with Drizella's singing, and even ''if'' she smacked her sister with the flute, she only ''retaliated''.
** Additionally, Drizella's ''always'' the first after Tremaine to act against Cinderella - Anastasia ''joins in''. This is classic behaviour in abusive social circles and families, where one will join in the aggressor(s) to avoid being the next target. The sequels only prove this right that Anastasia takes Cinderella's place as the ButtMonkey of the family.

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*** This puts a few actions in the first movie into perspective - Drusilla smacked Anastasia with the flute when Anastasia's finger got stuck. Anastasia only retaliated. When Tremaine encouraged the sisters to attack Cinderella, she goes for ''Drusilla'' first. Sure, it could be because the beads are more obvious than a sash, but it's easy to assume that she only went along with it to remain on her mother's good side. This is common amongst abusive families and social circles. An aggressor (Tremaine) uses one or two other figures as the enablers (Drusilla) and specifically a ''follower''... in this case, Anastasia.



** In this universe, the Fairy Godmother could probably have turned one of the animals into a child or something.

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** In this universe, the Fairy Godmother could probably have turned one of the animals into a child or something.or
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* ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'s'' step-sisters destroy the dress she's wearing with their bare hands after discovering that she made the dress out of the same materials they had on their dresses. A kid is reminded of fighting with her own siblings over things like clothes and thinks, "That's so mean!" [[ParentalBonus An adult]] finds it disturbingly similar to sexual assault (or, if you ''really'' want to be perverted, a good, ol'-fashioned, clothes-rippin' CatFight).

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* ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'s'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'s'' step-sisters destroy the dress she's wearing with their bare hands after discovering that she made the dress out of the same materials they had on their dresses. A kid is reminded of fighting with her own siblings over things like clothes and thinks, "That's so mean!" [[ParentalBonus An adult]] finds it disturbingly similar to sexual assault (or, if you ''really'' want to be perverted, a good, ol'-fashioned, clothes-rippin' CatFight).
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!! [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} The Disney version]]

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!! [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} The Disney version]]
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*** And remember, the opening narration said that Lady Tremaine was squandering the family's fortunes for her daughters. Perhaps once things went back to normal, her ultimate plan would be to leave Cinderella with the family debts and the ruined chataeu, while the rest of the family either married into a new one or escaped the country. No matter what was going through Lady Tremaine's head when she locked Cinderella up, one thing is for sure: she wanted Cinderella to suffer terribly. All because she was more beautiful and charming than the stepmother or her daughters.

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