Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151130020049/@comment-25926288-20151201024823

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: 8Rob wrote: As I said on the raitings thread.

This "Dark Hook" thing totally needed the 43 minutes they wasted in 5x09.

There are a lot of thing they needed to explain better

I can't even think on a reason why they wasted an episode like that. Just goes to prove, that 5.09 was shoehorn into the arc, for marketing purposes only. From what we heard, the Camelot arc was originally going to be 10 episodes. Anyway.... Dark Hook is just a temporary state, which explains why it is only featured in 2 episodes. The funny part is 509 was like anit-marketing for regular Once. You know some users here and elsewhere get mad when I or someone esle says no to any Disney and random favortie Disney to insert ideas because of multiple reasons:

1) They suck. Sometimgs like Jungle Book can go to the shredder because it makes no sense on Once.

2) It becomes a Frozen and consumes the show in Disney propaganda.

3) Then people think it's Disney live and they complain why Ursula isn't a purple fat octopus lady and why is there no singing. Singing crap needs to go in to the the garbage too.

4) It diverts the show between too extremes: SEason 1 thru 3 and then campy fun-fun for kids and seriously some people want the campy-fun-fun

5) There is no greater focus than the main core cast and if you think Once was about many characters you've been watching with your eyes close. If it isn't the main cast, stay low and then go. (or be a good extra) If anyone thinks their pal Jasmine deserves and episode, well look back at 509 and how it disrupted the story and it'll be the same way. Doesn't deserve an episode if not relevant.

6) They need to take a break and make an arc a season long with two smaller stories that connect and have great payoff. I'd say that between every Merida Bear-bon episode, the narrative switched gears and focuses.

Season 5 Part 1 was Arthurian legend and Once is cool. Look as Emma struggles and falls into Darkjness what did they do?

Season 5 Part 2 was Forget that Arthur crap, Merlin the Gorgeous has arrived and continbues to be vague and bewilderingly a good focal point. Watch Emma give leeways to light while she fights the Darkness yet. But she gives in.

Season 5 Part 3 was hahah, kidding about everything before. Emma has no problem with Darkness and it was just her random plan and it's was all about Hook's angst. Merlin  and all Arthurian legend is crapped on and let's get to the next arc please and thank you.