Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26225812-20150625072936/@comment-6175354-20151105122058

Ray Donovan wrote: Shadow, that is exactly what this is this. This is the "Look we have a gay now on the show". Adam had the nerve to say in an interview that he wants to reflect the world we live in. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, excuse me, but that couldn't have happen in 2011?????? OUAT is on ABC, the same network that had Viola Davis to win a Golden Globe playing a bisexual, middle aged, black woman. Them doing this big announcement shouldn't be this big of a deal, especially when we all now OUAT is at the tail end of its run, and now they want to do it??? That is why "that" story will be disjointed from the main overall storyline of Dark Swan. Feels a little too late with secondary characters we haven't seen in over 2 seasons that will get 5 minutes of development. Thank you for the scraps. However, I'm not going to begrudge anyone who is excited with this announcement. A lot of people feel, that this is nothing more than a desperate publicity stunt. 5.09 was probably shoehorned into the arc, as it was originally only going to have 10 episodes. It was filmed simultaneously with 5.08, as not to mess with OUaT's overall scheduling. ABC was also probably terrified that no one would watch The Bear King, being that is just filler. So, it is being aired as part of a 2-hour "special".

When talking about The Bear King, Eddy and Adam said the story would not be connected to Birth. The only "relevent" thing that will happen, is that Merida will probably learn that Arthur killed her father. Except, that could have easily happened in a two minute scene in Storybrooke. Mulan and Ruby are completely unnecessary, as neither played any part in the Camelot arc. Hopefully OUaT proves us wrong, but I am not not counting on it.