Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20180421005904/@comment-3010035-20180423132918

Eskaver wrote: I think the episode sort of shows the better presentation o the new and the old characters a lot better as well as getting past the garbage (because with so many people awake, it was getting ridiculous, plus the Dark Curse is a pretty lazy curse anyhow).

I’m just crushed that the writers haven’t explained Samdi at all. I know that after 7 years I shouldn’t think too much of them but I feel that they actually do try sometimes. I’m all about the magic and mythos, etc. but:

...they didn’t explain a thing about Samdi. Why does he have hand-wavey magic in HH? Am I suppose to assume that he kept some dust and that somehow means he can use handwavey magic? (Actually, that’s my headcanon anyway that eloise used the RA and Samdi used the ash to give themselves access to their base magic.)

What about Facilier? Samdi is “crazy powerful” apparently. Rumple doesn’t know him, yet Regina does. Neither Regina nor Zelena take him to be that serious of a threat, but that could be ego. He can listen to the dead...somehow. Uses voodoo and stuff...somehow. I’m guessing that he just has basic skills like teleporting and the rest is voodoo because he really seems to be very dependent on items and knows a lot (Omniscient villain).

Like where does his arc go? Bringing it around from questions to general thought, we’ve seen his dark heart and we’ve seen the dagger. I doubt they really are going to have both Eloise and Samdi go after the dagger once more. What’s left for Samdi? Maybe saving Henry’s life while his friends drag him to the other side? I feel like Samdi was going to get a big flashback episode next season, (explaining his origins, relationship with Regina, motivations, why he wants the dagger, how he is half-dead, and how he maintained magic and memories in HH)

Other stories I feel got the short end of the cancellation stick:

1) Henry's first days/adventures in the NEF (as Jared Gilmore) 2) Alice's adventures in Wonderland (and Other Places!), (with Alice, Rumple, Cecelia, Marcus, Jabberwocky) 3) Tiana leading resistance against Tremaine, while also striking a deal with Tremaine and working with her against Drizella. 4) Ella/Jacinda flashback showing how Tremaine treated her, Fairy Godmother, how the Prince killed her father, etc 5) Where Robin and Zelena were which aged Robin up to 18 before "Secret Garden" ​​​​​