Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170426155039/@comment-30389283-20170426175214

Lola987 wrote: To be honest, I think the writers are better at writing females heroes than males - dont get me wrong, they have written great characters like the Huntsman for example - but just generally in my opinion, the female characters are more layered - David for a long time was a bland character to me - he's just starting to get a personality, and I felt Robn Hood was kind of bland too I have to agree. The majority of times when they write a male character it's either bland (David) or unlikable (Hook). The only layered male character for me is Rumple (and they even messed up with his characterization few times), and some secondary characters like Merlin, August or Huntsman as you mentioned.

Back on the topic of "hero", I think David is the stereotypical male hero, but IMO Henry and Neal have prooved to be heroes too (even though Henry messed up a few times). About Robin, he was of course a "good" character, but he only prooved to be a hero by dying.