Once Upon a Dream-A Twisted Tale

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Aurora isn't alone – a charming prince is eager to join her quest, and old friends offer their help. But as Maleficent's agents follow her every move, Aurora struggles to discover who her true allies are and, moreover, who she truly is. Finally, Cheshire Cat refers to Alice as 'liddel Alice'. The surname of the "real" Alice which the story was written for, was Liddel. Rapunzel and Flynn are joined by a third companion, Gina, much like Cassandra in the television series. And like Cassandra, Gina wasn't raised by her parents but by someone else. Braswell, Liz (September 7, 2021). What Once Was Mine: A Twisted Tale. Disney-Hyperion. ISBN 9781761200205. Alice mentions her friend "Charles" and his maths. The author of the original book, Lewis Carroll, a.k.a. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was a mathematician.

Broad Strokes: Aladdin and the King of Thieves is referenced, with Aladdin's father having left the family in search of a better life for them and Aladdin's mother dying while her husband is gone, resulting in Aladdin becoming a street rat. However, it is stated that Abu was a gift from Aladdin's mother, while Aladdin: The Series establishes that Abu left a circus of thieves to join Aladdin.Sixteen-year-old Wendy Darling’s life is not what she imagined it would be. The doldrums of an empty house after her brothers have gone to school, the dull parties where everyone thinks she talks too much, and the fact that her parents have decided to send her away to Ireland as a governess—it all makes her wish things could be different. Mistaken Identity: Near the end, after suffering a Villainous Breakdown, Ingrid mistakes the young woman before her for Katherine. It's Snow White.

I never realized just how infinitely boring the prattle of human teenagers was,’ Maleficent drawled.” The Evil Queen is the sister and lady-in-waiting of Snow's mother, thus making her Snow White's aunt as well as her later stepmother. Adaptation Expansion: The book introduces Lord Peterssen and explains that he was Elsa's regent before she officially ascended. This is carried over into Frozen II: Dangerous Secrets. Becoming the Mask: Guinevere was only supposed to pretend to become Arthur's friend as part of her duties as her mother's spy. Mim certainly wasn't counting on them becoming friends for real.Deity of Human Origin: Meg's quest is to become a goddess so she can stay with Hercules on Mount Olympus. Deal with the Devil: Ilaria makes a deal with the Green Fairy to become famous in exchange for her heart.

Shout-Out: Ursula uses the dark powers of the Elder Gods through a book she got from Carcosa to unleash death on the Merpeople and the Tirulians. It's been five years since the infamous sea witch defeated the little mermaid... and took King Triton's life in the process. Ariel is now the voiceless queen of Atlantica, while Ursula runs Prince Eric's kingdom on land. But when Ariel discovers that her father might still be alive, she finds herself returning to a world – and a prince – she never imagined she would see again. Instead of the Sundrop Flower, the Moondrop Flower is found, and instead of giving Rapunzel the power to heal, it instead gives her the power to hurt. The concept of a Moondrop counterpart as well as the "Hurt Incantation" (the fan name for the Reverse/Decay Incantation before they were officially named) was introduced in Tangled: The Series. Adaptational Villainy: The Grand Duke, a loyal servant to the King in the animated movie, is here a Treacherous Advisor seeking to overthrow the King and take control of the kingdom for himself.Heel–Face Turn: As in the original film, Mirage ultimately turns against her boss once she's horrified by what Violet and Dash are turning into under his care (it also doesn't help that Syndrome was already doing the same to Mirage), all but removing Violet's suspicions of her. After the sort of introverted childhood you would expect from a writer, Liz earned a degree in Egyptology at Brown University and then promptly spent the next ten years producing video games. Finally she caved into fate and wrote Snow and Rx under the name Tracy Lynn, followed by The Nine Lives of Chloe King series under her real name, because by then the assassins hunting her were all dead. She also has short stories in Geektastic and Who Done It and a new series of reimagined fairy tales coming out, starting with A Whole New World—a retelling of Aladdin. There’s something eerily off about them, even for Wonderland creatures. And as Alice develops a self-portrait, she finds the most disturbing image of all-a badly-injured dark-haired girl asking for Alice’s help.Mary Ann. So when an opportunity to travel to Never Land via pirate ship presents itself, Wendy makes a deal with the devil. But Never Land isn't quite the place she imagined it would be. Unexpected dangers and strange foes pop up at every turn, and a little pixie named Tinker Bell seems less than willing to help. Mythology Gag: Morgiana shares the same name as another resourceful woman from the Arabian Nights collection.