Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4877635-20150609184946/@comment-25926288-20150610001644

DSidd wrote: I agree with pretty much everyone here - very happy to see more Zelena and Rebecca on the show! Although I'm not especially concerned over having more Robin, he has potential but it could drown in baby drama!

Personally - it would be near impossible for the creators to do - but I would like to see a drastic cast cull. Based on the past season: Snow, David, Belle and Will could all do with being downgraded to recurring status instead of main cast. Of course that'll never happen for at least the first two since the show was essentially crafted around them (and Emma, Regina and Henry) but I feel like they're not offering a lot to the show at the moment.

Even Henry could be potentially downgraded, although I'm interested to see whether his status as the new Author leads to an interesting plot (it probably won't)

My perfect cast line-up would be: Emma, Regina, Hook, Gold, Robin and Zelena.

I think 6 is the magic number for a show's main cast - anything more is too many people to get sufficient focus especially this far into the story. Regardless, it does deal with contracts and such, so I don't see Ginny or Josh downgrading. Belle and Will could, depending on their contracts, but they use contracts to keep them available when needed. That's why Will has a contract, even if they clearly had no use for him.