Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160414154159/@comment-26179141-20160429182626

Indeed, the show has been at its strongest in a long while now that it has used the main cast and filled their past instead of using the main cast and filling someone else's past with them. Emilie de Baevin and GothicNarcissus both have excellent points on the structure and other content of the arc - the point I agree most with is that this arc in particular has suffered from being just half a season long. Some things seem rushed, some characters don't get the attention they'd deserve, and some episodes are seen as filleresque (cough Ruby Slippers cough) when they'd probably be perfectly fine if the arc was thrown over 23 episodes instead of what, 11?

One thing I'd like to bring up is the romance between Zelena and Hades. There are two pretty safe assumptions we can make for the remaining episodes and season 6:

1) Zelena stays part of the main cast. They've put so much time and resources into giving Zelena part of the limelight that kicking her out for season 6 would be a ridiculously bad decision.

2) Something happens to Hades before the season ends. Either he is defeated by the heroes, or he runs into his brother and something happens between them, Hades is defeated or goes to Mount Olympus... but most definitely, he's not joining Zelena when the crew returns to our world. It's just not happening, it's visible from miles away.

Thus, I don't know what to expect from Zelena and Hades' romance. She's certainly trying to work with it, so is he - but it's just written into the plot devices that they cannot stay together when we get out of this arc. He's a guest star, after all! So, what does that mean for Zelena in the season finale and in season 6? If Hades is her true love, then there is a major heartbreak coming up for her and it's definitely going to create an interesting story arc for her.