Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-34063980-20171225115421/@comment-1916997-20171229023345

Bot of Solitude wrote:

CoolDudeAl wrote:

Bot of Solitude wrote: Unfortunately that means they're the new boring couple. Not going to lie, I laughed out loud at this this, because it's so true. This is why people don't like Henry and Ella, they are the new perfect couple, so people find them boring (but then many like to blame it on the actor's having a lack of chemistry or something). Many shows suffer from a lack of excitement with the "main" couple. Snow and Charming were established from the start. And while Josh and Ginny had great chemistry, there was never any real conflict there.

Same with Henry and Ella. Yep, that's seems right. It is also why so many shows wind up inserting crazy (kidnapping, secret family members, etc.) or not so crazy (cheating, money issues, etc.) situations that the couple(s) have to deal with. Can't call something a drama, if nothing dramatic is happening. But Once (being based primarily on fairy tales), likes to have a "fairy tale couple", which means they can't have too much drama (which is why both Snowing and Henryella both started with a cursed and can't remember who they are storyline).