Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-31937823-20180212040050/@comment-24593235-20180212054636

TheRose123 wrote: Personally, I think the problem is that not enough time is focused on her and the poor writing. They made her very stereotypical and one note. Most of her storyline echoes many things seen before on the show as well. If she had more time to develop, fans would probably be more open to liking her.

I don’t think Dania Ramirez is entirely at fault but she does seem kind of lost on what direction they want to take the character in. Her romance with Henry is also very forced, mainly because the progression of their relationship was never shown. Again, because of time constraints, this will probably never be touched upon. This 100% sums up my thoughts on the character. I want to like her, but the writers aren't giving us much to work with. I really think we need more of her backstory from before she met Henry to really establish who she is, and we need to see more of her relationship with Henry to actually believe them as a couple.

One episode in particular that I noticed was 7x10, in the flashbacks when we learn Henry's been poisoned by the coven. They really hammer in Regina's reaction to it, and I get that. It's her son, and that was a very important moment for her because she was gonna have to cast the curse. However, Cinderella was there too, and there was zero focus on her. I mean she did react, but it was more just a generic "oh no! This is bad! Save Henry!" whereas Regina got the real emotional, heart-wrenching part. I feel like they could've given Ella more, is all.

Also, Dania Ramirez can do a really good performance when given a good script, that I know from seeing her in other stuff. It's just that, unlike actors such as Lana Parrilla and Robert Carlyle, she's not at the level where she can sell bad writing, and frankly that's all her character gets. I really do hope they're able to rectify this at least a little bit in 7B.