History WMG / Cinderella

** Alternatively, there could be no mistreatment because [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Cinderella was a]] SpoiledBrat. Her father married again partially so she would have a mother figure, but Cinderella [[ElectraComplex did not want to share him]] so she mistreated her new family, but claimed the reverse whenever they disciplined her. Many novels and reconstructions from the stepsisters' point of view take this tack.

** Alternatively, there could be no mistreatment because [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Cinderella was a]] SpoiledBrat. Her father married again partially so she would have a mother figure, but Cinderella [[OedipusComplex did not want to share him]] so she mistreated her new family, but claimed the reverse whenever they disciplined her. Many novels and reconstructions from the stepsisters' point of view take this tack.

** Alternatively, there could be no mistreatment because [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Cinderella was a]] SpoiledBrat. Her father married again partially so she would have a mother figure, but Cinderella [[ElectraComplex did not want to share him]] so she mistreated her new family, but claimed the reverse whenever they disciplined her. Many novels and reconstructions from the stepsisters' point of view take this tack.

[[WMG: The glass slippers were magically made to fit ''only'' Cinderella--so even if a woman happened to have the exact same-sized feet as her, they still wouldn't have fit anyone '''but''' Cinderella.

[[WMG: The glass slippers were magically made to fit ''only'' Cinderella--so even if a woman happened to have the exact same-sized feet as Cinderella, they still would've have fit her.]]

* Poor [[TheWoobie Cinderella]] probably suffered some SanitySlippage not just from missing the ball but also from the years of [[DomesticAbuse abuse]] she received from her [[WickedStepmother stepmother]] and siblings. It might explain the Evil Queen's obsession with beauty since that's all Cindy seemed to have going for her. Whatever magic or [[TheFairFolk fairy power]] created the tree and the hyper-competent birds may also have created the mirror that tells her ''whose the fairest of them all''. Most adaptations of Snow White tend to have the Evil Queen initially sympathizing or [[NotSoDifferent relating]] to Snow White in [[OrphansOrdeal some]] way, usually the queen having lost her [[MissingMom mother]] at a young age. Also the most obvious point is that Cinderella ends her story becoming Queen...

** This possibility is presumably backed up in ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', because Lady Tremaine dismisses Anastasia's dicovery of what is love by saying that love isn't necessary when they can have power, which likely means that she just married Cinderella's father for his wealth and power and disposed of him once he outlived his usefulness.

* Taking this theory further, who's to say Cinderella's father was her ''first'' victim? She may have pulled the same trick on Drizella and Anastasia's father. This raises some unsettling questions of what she would have done if one of her daughters succeeded in marrying the prince...

Cinderella gave clothes to the mice and taught them to talk. Given the [[ExplosiveBreeder high reproduction rate]] of mice, the descendants of these mice spread all over the Earth, probably also teaching the other mice to dress and talk. By the end of the 19th century, they had [[WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective a whole kingdom in England]], and [[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail communities in Russia]]. By the late 20th century, they had [[WesternAnimation/TheRescuers a global society protecting humans]], [[WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers as well as rogue organizations that did the same]]. One wound up in the hands of a human and [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles became much like one]].

First, because someone had to say it. More importantly, her story has transcended generations and as noted, other WMGs indicate she may be a reincarnation or at least relation of other Disney princesses. Some of the more modern Disney princesses also carry Cinderella's character traits (Tiana has her diligence, Belle has her status as an outcast and nobility in spite of that, Anna has her [[AllLovingHero All Loving Heroine]] traits). Therefore, she must exist outside of time, not only in terms of her own story but in terms of the Disney canon.

The live-action remake should have had that as a plot. Oh, well, maybe something similar may make it into the Snow White remake

Cinderella gave clothes to the mice and taught them to talk. Given the [[ExplosiveBreeder high reproduction rate]] of mice, the descendants of these mice spread all over the Earth, probably also teaching the other mice to dress and talk. By the end of the 19th century, they had [[Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective a whole kingdom in England]], and [[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail communities in Russia]]. By the late 20th century, they had [[Disney/TheRescuers a global society protecting humans]], [[WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers as well as rogue organizations that did the same]]. One wound up in the hands of a human and [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles became much like one]].

** This possibility is presumably backed up in ''Disney/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', because Lady Tremaine dismisses Anastasia's dicovery of what is love by saying that love isn't necessary when they can have power, which likely means that she just married Cinderella's father for his wealth and power and disposed of him once he outlived his usefulness.

[[WMG: Cinderella is a reincarnation of [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Aurora]].]]

And [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] is her [[spoiler:Witch form]]. [[spoiler:She likely witched out shortly after being forced to stay home from the ball]]. Now remember how Maleficent cursed Aurora [[FridgeHorror because she wasn't invited to Aurora's christening]]?

[[WMG: Related to the above theory - Cinderella goes on to become [[Disney/SnowWhite Snow White's]] stepmother...]]

[[WMG: Cinderella still owns the château--she had it returned to it's former glory and now she occasionally uses as a kind of vacation home (along with Prince Charming, Anastasia and the Baker) to get away from the hecticness of the castle]]

** This possibility is presumably backed up in ''Film/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', because Lady Tremaine dismisses Anastasia's dicovery of what is love by saying that love isn't necessary when they can have power, which likely means that she just married Cinderella's father for his wealth and power and disposed of him once he outlived his usefulness.

Suddenly the fairy Meriweather saying Maleficent "isn't really very happy" becomes [[TearJerker a whole]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds lot sadder]]...