Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26184894-20150816002357/@comment-25758988-20150826004129

Eskaver wrote: I would say everyone since the character development has been tragic on a show-wide level, especially and specificaly after season 3. No, I'm not anti-season 4 or anti-season 3b, because I clearly watched and enjoyed them.

I could go through an entire list for this, but I'll go with those that aren't irrelevant secondary characters or Ruby.

1) Blue aka Reul Ghorm: She was set up as a counterpart of Rumple but just dropped to non-existence until the plot needed her. I understand her role as a secondary character to a prime main character such as Rumple, but why didn't the ggod guys ever go to her for magical help. It makes literally no sense to have a source of good magic and then go to the dark magic and complain when things go wrong! That's just stupid. The worst is that they made her less of a secondary character and into a plot device for when they need magic fixing and Rumple isn't around.

2) Belle couldn't and shouldn't be a book of shadows because then that would lock her into a niche. She could be like Leo and actually be a character that was explored in a decent way. It's almost like they just throw something together for BElle because they didn't have a plan and don't ever seem to have a plan for Belle. She will be addressed in another section.

3) I think Maleficent and Ursula could have held an arc each, but Urusla would need maybe some gods or psuedo gods or henchman with her. The problem is they pretty much bashed her from the start. I think it was best to not make her the Goddess Ursula, but first one out and looking like she was terribly inept. Maleficent can hold her own...if she took a Cora like approach. I think 3b Zelena and then transition into now, Zelena is poorly written. I like her but 3b made her this hype power with everything going for her, but she seemed to move into wacko stalker now. Still love her though. I think it's just the plot she's in.

4) Disney Princesses. Yeah, yeah, I harp on how Once != Disney, but you would think they would get better development than they did. Ignoring Frozen's blatant copy and paste, I began to love Aurora in season 2 rewatch and then I get stuck with luckily seeing her and Mulan and Phillip. Rapunzel and Abigail could have done something. Alice was alright in her series. But with so much........

5) Royalty: Why don't they ever fight to be in charge? Where are they? Why do they let Snow and David direct their lives and well being? Do they even stand up for their people? Where are they? They present so many royalty and nobility, but you don't see nothing off it. There should be factions and loyal districts to certain rulers and army/ personal guards forming and representatives. The writers want us to believe that everyone minus Dr. Whale is pledged to Snow and Regina's tyranny. I mean those Charmings only help there friends and listen to their friends for the good of themselves.

--Rumple's dying? Oh, crap, let's save him, because he's family and who cares what others think.

--Snow Quuen's in town. Angry mob disappears.

--Cora is in town. We can't hurt Regina so we sit and do nothing. George was the only person that did something around this time.

--Regina and Snow casting curses and counter curses and stuff and people just apparently mind their own business while the Chamring clan gets attacked and possibly killed.1 Yeah, I see those cars and people in the background when they are in trouble and  extras just walk on by, lol.

6) Regina's love interest: Should have been more built up, better plotted and better written or not done at all. Not everyone needs to be a couple.

7) Robin: He isn't so much wasted as just completely tarnished and destroyed. Character assassination before he even gets past a season of being on the show. I agree with everything you just said! I especially agree with point 5) about the royalty issue. I have been having this same arguement with myself since the show first started. I mean we have two kings (possibly three), three queens, three born princes, three born princess and a princess who married into it. we also have Mo French and Belle and yet everyone one bends to the Charmings, surely war would be breaking out for control.

For me though I also felt Cruella had a wasted storyline and so did Pongo for that matter.

Aurora, Philip, Mulan, Red, Rapunzel, Ursula, Blue Fairy, Abigail, King Midas, Will and Jafar all failed me as fair as their potential was concerned. I had such high hopes for all of them. Jafar has some of the biggest potential now he is a genie and the "whole cosmic power" thing and I so hoped when the spin off ended that Jafar would be a Storybrook villain in season 3 or 4 but nothing!