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I think a shorter hiatus is wonderful and I don't know how could argue against that. Then again I would like longer seasons XD.

I would figure that they will still keep the two PLOT arc season. I highlight PLOT because I don't want anyone to cofuse them with character arcs.

Example, Emma has had one major character arc in season 5, but there were two major plot arc that she was involved in. Then there's subplots, but I digress.

Splitting helps as there will likely always be a hiatus and then the show wouldn't be affected much. I wonder how it looks to binge watchers, lol. The mid season finale and premiere will get as much focus as always because Adam and Eddy write them and they do good with setting up plots. Nothing can bridge two halve seasons because there will always be a premiere and a finale somewhere.

Better writing will lead to better storytelling and the split season deals very little with it overall. 5a started off nice, but it being a split season didn't cause the trainwreck that it became. Likewise with 5b in some respects. If season 5 were an entire season it would be exactly the same because it is an entire season. The only real agrument that could be made is 1 major plot arc a season which I could a gree with, but then for those that like the show's diverse material, they would have to wait for something like season 10 to see what they want.