u/Celestina-Betwixt

When making posts about subjects you are unsure about or don't have a direct or definitive source for, please attempt to be clear in your language that this is in fact the case. Openly say "I heard," or "I remember reading but am not sure where" or "I've seen it commonly acknowledged/stated that," etc...

This will cut back both on conflict between sub members in comments and on the spread of direct misinformation.

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If you are sans a source, consider avoiding definite terms, such as "this absolutely happened or would have prevented x event from happening" if you don't have any evidence to back up that your information happened in the first place.

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And as always, remain respectful and label all theories or fiction with the appropriate flares.

Thanks for your time.

I find this kid's existence in the Anastasia universe confusing to say the least.

His name is Prince Ivan, and he's shown as ruling from Moscow (setting him before Peter the Great), but he's also a Romanov? (Ludmilla says his ring that he gives to Bartok is a Romanov ring.) Except there weren't any ruling Romanovs named Ivan that I can find any records of. The link in the wiki for this character just takes you to a real life page of a relative of the first Romanov tsar who never ruled because they lost the election going on at that time. That... Seems... Like... A Stretch...

We also know (in addition to the fact he's supposed to be a Romanov) he can't be a young Ivan the terrible because Bartok has a signed portrait of that tsar as an adult.

Anyone have thoughts on this?

Who IS this kid? 😂

If so, which one?

I had the one with her in rags with the dog that came with the child-sized "gold" necklace. I remember as a kid, the one I really originally wanted was the one with her in her Once Upon December Dress that came with a cassette tape of the song (God, I feel old saying that). But I think when I went to the actual store with my mom to buy it, I saw the other one came with the necklace and plastic dog and got more excited about that one, and that was the one I ended up begging for instead. I kind of regretted it afterwards (I was generally a frilly girly child who liked dolls in fancy puffy dresses 😂), but I still loved my doll to bits. Had her for years. I eventually gave her (and a Dimitri doll I also had) to another little girl when I was fifteen; that I really regret. I'm happy I gave that other little girl something new to play with, when I was too old to play myself, but if I could go back in time I'd keep the Anastasia ones for myself as a memory/display and have just given her my Hunchback of Notre Dame dolls (which I also gave her) and all my doll furniture. I've often wondered what became of those dolls. That little girl must be grown up now.

Anywho, I had a cousin growing up who had the Anastasia with the blue Paris Opera dress, which was gorgeous.

I don't know of anyone who had the tsar doll though. I actually didn't know it existed when I was a kid. I remember another cousin having a little plastic playset that included Tsar Nicholas but I never saw the full sized doll IRL. Seeing pictures of it now, I'm really confused why his eyes are BROWN. The tsar had blue eyes. Very strange choice.

This seems to be a custom etsy doll, I couldn't find any more information on it besides this picture but she's too pretty not to share. I've never seen the live action version as a doll before.

So, I'm not gonna lie, for something obviously touched with AI this cover actually looks kinda good, but I swear the faces, hair, and heads are from fan art of Anastasia and Dimitri from seven or eight years ago. I remember one commenter on the original posting that Anya's face in this art reminded her of the actress from Law and Order SVU.

Unfortunately I don't know who the original artist was or how to find them.

Hoping if I'm right about some author on Amazon stealing their work they might see this post. Hopefully they're still Anastasia fans and this will come up in their reddit suggestions or the suggestions of someone who knows them.

This is literally the first thing that comes up when I type in "Mirror Mirror TV series 1995" now.

Apparently, Mirror Mirror came out last year, and starred Nicholas Hooper as "Joe". Not Jo Tiegan, she's still played by Petra Yared on this AI cast list, just some bloke named Joe. 😂

Is this Joy or the first dog, Shot?

It just seems like Mirror Mirror always went that extra mile with the background details.

I've noticed that the horse Nicholas takes in episode 15 to rescue Jo, which Sir Ivor says is his favourite, seems to be in the portrait on the wall of his study way back in episode 4 (either that or a horse that looks just like it!); which... Honestly? I would believe it was his favourite horse just because the show TOLD me so, the extra visual cue wasn't crucial to the storytelling process, but I love that it's there. Mirror Mirror just did so well fleshing out all the characters just by their living spaces it's impressive.

Mirror Mirror is just such a beauty when it comes to background details.

😂.

I've literally been wondering for years what this is.

Does anyone know? A band? A film? A flyer for a film festival?

I do think (if I had to guess) it's probably a film because the word film is on part of the poster but otherwise I have NO IDEA what this is/was.

All I know is the old man doesn't like it and thinks its removal will improve the tone of the room. 😂

Can I also just say I love how fussy the old man is over decor? Not only does he disapprove of this poster, but his "The carpet!" when Jade flings goo around in episode fifteen is still hilarious to me.

The 1916 ball in the animated movie seems to be heavily inspired by the IRL 1903 costume ball (you can see various guests, little Anastasia, and what appears to be Alexandra all in 16th century costume). But the Tsar is wearing what he'd wear to an ordinary ball; I kind of wish the animators had taken inspiration from his actual 1903 costume, because it's really beautiful, especially colourized.

We could have just seen him in his regular regal uniform in the Once Upon a December scene and had him in costume during the beginning.

The movie is still gorgeous regardless, I just think it would have been a cool detail if they'd included it.

I think this was for the episode Iceman.

😂.

I've literally been wondering for years what this is. A band? A film? A flyer for a film festival?

I do think it's probably a film because the word film is on part of the poster but otherwise I have NO IDEA what this is/was.

All I know is the old man doesn't like it and thinks its removal will improve the tone of the room. 😂

Can I also just say I love how fussy the old man is over decor? Not only does he disapprove of this poster, but his "The carpet!" when Jade flings goo around in episode fifteen is still hilarious to me.