Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20150314072422/@comment-25926288-20150315123003

Yeah, was a bit spoilerish. Season 3a finale was filled with redemptive sacrifices and pretty much the opposite of season which climaxed in the Dark Curse reversal.

Season 3b I liked overall, even with wacky Zelena. However, season 3b was the start of less foreshadowed villains and retcons/inserts/cover-ups/retractions. Regina was the villain of season one, but Rumple was foreshadowed and even showed to orchestrate it to become *gasp* the villain in the season 1 finale. Cora was shown early on in season one and also present as the Queen of Hearts (though that was unknown at the time). She appears in the second episode of season two and surprise she's the villain. Hook also appeared in season two which foreshadowed or hinted at Peter Pan. Zelena had some hints being green and slippers, but nothing foreshadowed her relationship or was it believable that Cora was a heartless as she was before and that she had a child before Regina. They changed the heart stuff saying that you can love totally without your heart, which ignores Cora and Will as if they are just anomalies. Even the heart crush means you aren't dead when it's been crush for at least a minute. The Dark Curse was downplayed: no major threat, randomly cast just to traverse realms, easily escapable, and very malleable. After that, Elsa simply appeared in the last episode, for Frozen fan grab attempt. Ingrid was an unknown (she could have at least shown interest in one of those previous seasons or at least a mention of her persona). Now, the QOD are the villains. While Maleficent marinated in her own ashes, Ursula was an unseen benevolent goddess and Cruella a non-entity. Only foreshadowed in the last two episodes, whioch was also most of their debut. At least the Author and Sorcerer were mentioned/foreshadowed before.