Board Thread:Fanon: Season 8 & Beyond/@comment-25375217-20180529030357/@comment-25375217-20180618011341

'''Will 8B include content from the books of Narnia? Or only the movies?''' -- Truest Believer

The focus is on the books. "I actually haven't watched the movies," DatNuttyKid says sheepishly. "So there will probably be some similarities just through coincidence, but it's mainly based on the books."

Is Mother Trudy sticking around in 8B??? -- Matheus1234zx

"In a physical sense, no," DatNuttyKid responds. "Dove Cameron is incredible and I wish we could keep her around forever, but unfortunately, Mother Trudy's personal story comes to an end with her arc and we won't be seeing her in person for the rest of the season. That said, the things she's done will have an effect on the rest of the season. The Black Fairy is still around and now that she's used the Deplorable Word, it's going to be hard to get rid of her. Not to mention the Dark Realm is still petrified. Plus maybe a couple of other surprises."

Anything you can share about Gideon this season? -- Lady Rapunzel

Well... right now he's a little busy being a rock. Or apparently, as DatNuttyKid is quick to correct us, petrified wood. "It was kind of a thing to tie it into Mother Trudy," he explains. "She turns the little girl into a block of wood. So the Deplorable Word turns people into wood, too."

Back to your question, though, the frozen inhabitants of Elphame Academy won't be forgotten. "It's a question in the new arc," Lana Parrilla explains. "Can the Deplorable Word be undone?"

Will Aslan appear? -- Nick Branson

Besides the characters previously announced, most of the Narnians are being kept under wraps, although DatNuttyKid did assure us that we'd see a few more. "One of the great things about Once Upon a Time is that it takes these characters and twists them in this incredible and surprising way," he says. "But C.S. Lewis put a lot of time and effort into making the Narnia series expansive and complete. We wanted to be able to add our own twists, but we didn't want to disrespect his work, either. We were careful to take characters who fit the story we wanted to tell and left the others alone." What that means for Aslan in particular, though, he wouldn't elaborate on.