Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170502151008/@comment-25536775-20170506003542

The Lord of Deathless wrote: DracoWombat wrote: The Lord of Deathless wrote: It seems she parallels just about everyone!... Eh, I still don't like that she's tragic. Why can't we just have the final boss be a complete monster on the show for once? And if she was born after Nimue why did she claim to invent dark magic if Nimue did it first? And why is everyone saying she's the most powerful enemy/ultimate evil? Did everyone suddenly forget Hades? a) Because she's not the final boss; OUaT will be renewed, which was confirmed when we saw that Lana filmed for the ABC Upfront. The reason it hasn't been announced is because of a corporate decision within ABC to announce the remaining renewals together.

b) Fiona seems far more skilled at magic than Nimue. All Nimue ever did was rip out a heart; Fiona created the most advanced Dark Magic we've ever seen in the show, and she studied more fairy lore than any other fairies. Also, remember that Nimue was only alive very briefly; all the 18 Dark Ones that we see in 5A existed in a span of only 250-300 years.

c) Hades was just a bitter guy bored of his job and doing everything he could to get the girl. He was the most powerful villain, but that doesn't make him the darkest. Hell, Hades is among some of the least evil villains of Once, alongside Ingrid, Ursula, and Dark Swan. a) My apologies - I meant to say that she is the final boss of the storybook, not the entire series - all the stories we heard of are destined to come to an end with either Fiona or Emma killing the other. Presumably after one of them bites it (or both and then Emma comes back obviously because they asked her to renew her contract) a new storybook will begin for S7 onwards (whatever it may be).

b) Yes, I agree that she should be considered much more powerful than not just Nimue but any of the Dark Ones.

c) Interesting opinion of Hades, calling him one of the least evil, it gives me a new perspective. The vast majority of the fandom (along myself) sees Hades as easily one of the worst villains in terms of evil, too - I was pretty sure his one good quality was his love for Zelena and even then he was happy to manipulate her to get everyone else out of his way - I think the point the writers were trying to make is that not everyone wants to be redeemed - he certainly loved himself as he was ("What's a better form of revenge than having it all?") and Zelena realized that he was essentially still evil, heart or not. All restarting his heart did was make him even worse, and I like that. Not everyone should be tragic or altruistic. a) I believe all this "final chapter" talk was devised by ABC to throw us off the trail that is OUaT's renewal. Insofar, only Gosh are confirmed out, and Jen's return becomes more and more likely as time passes.

c) Hades' only evil deed not motivated by his misinterpretation of what Zelena truly longed for (He wrongly believed it was power and material possessions, 'having it all') was "torturing" Hook and Megara, and we know for a fact Regina, Rumpel, Pan, and Arthur have imprisoned innocent people for petty reasons before. Hades is a lot of barking and very little biting; which is a good thing because he's got the worst bite of them all.