Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4936165-20140827005907/@comment-24746469-20141109023352

Maybe they make Cruella a magic character? Or maybe she have science weapons like Greg and Tamara? Right know it's hard for villians to be a threat with Emma (and her powerful light magic), Regina in the good side and even Rumple giving them support at times. They are going to have to be quite creative like they did with Peter Pan (he was powerful and they were in neverland his bloody trap) and the Zelena (who had the dagger to control Rumple, her necklace that made her more powerful than any other user of dark magic and the fact that she erased their memories for a while).

I'm thinking that maybe Cruella will be a secondary villian in the next arc.

As for Regina trapping Maleficent, I think she wanted the trigger to be well guarded and second after stealing the dark curse from Mal I think it was probably better to trap her to prevent any king of revenge from her. I'm also not surprised that she did it, she killed her own father to get her revenge. Trapping a "friend" to her convenience does not sound so bad in comparison.