Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170515015929/@comment-28162607-20170521091456

Farerb wrote:

Aine1989 wrote: I think this finale would have worked a whole lot better if you take away the Black Fairy (however much I love Jamie's portrayal) and replace her with either Regina or Rumple (or both, which would be a nice callback to the first season). Immediately we have villains who we know are menacing and we know their motives, instead of having to shoehorn in a generic cardboard cut out of a villain Regina is not the same person as she used to be, so it would have come out of nowhere and wouldn't have made sense (the evil queen could have been that person had they not send her away). As for Rumple, I don't know what his motivation anymore or if he has any that doesn't constantly changes so I guess it could have worked ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Really, I don't think Regina has changed and if you look at 6A there seems to be a bit of foreshadowing (the idea of Jekyll's capacity for evil remaining even after the split from Hyde). I was growing confident that she'd be outed as a villain. P

Rumple's motivations have been clear all season; wanting a family. So its like the season 4 finale again. Like Regina, I was very confident (more so than Regina) that he'd be a villain and get justice served to him by the end of s6 (although that could still happen in s7)

Either one would have been better because I am still confused as to why the BF was doing this. It was a tragic waste of Jamie Murray's acting abilities and of a character many have been looking forward to.

And for a series finale (lets be honest, it was the end of the show as we know a and sometiems love it), it was such a flop and I think the right villain coul dhave made a difference.