Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4196008-20151202004236/@comment-25926288-20151202024329

Well, I will say when Emma became the DO I was like, "Ugh". Seems like it was so.

To explain, Cinderella's story wasn't anything too special, but it was how it added to Rumple and Emma's growing character. That is what matters most. Camelot gang's story and Merida's doesn't amplify or add to the main characters. It adds to temporary characters that will not stick around long enough for us to care. So, the stories should add to the main cast, not just fill out the plot.

The DO is still a supernatural power. There is no posession. Emma has said this entire season, there is no good or bad version, it's just her. There's no someone else, just her. Same with Rumple and Hook. It's just them with the higher propensity to their inner darkness. It's like Lily. She's not posessed by Emma's darkness. She's just strongly pulled to the darkenss, but she can refuse.

The Dark Curse has been getting a bit downgraded each season so, there's that. The Nimue-Merlin thing is a stretch. Nimue may be partially the DO in all DOs, but that's a stretch. Can Hook or Emma have a TLK with Belle if she's under a sleeping curse, lol? Rumple wasn't afraid of killing Belle, because he didn't know she was alive. He knew Cora's daughter would cast the curse, so he never would have tried. Plus, Bae is the one he loves the most (besides himself).

So far, you haven't mention any plot holes, just a lsighly shoddy writing, but still okay.