Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24757127-20141111202133/@comment-1916997-20141204061537

Cjtrules15 wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: I think what happened is that 4B was originally going to be 4A, and since Will is going to be important in what is now 4B, he signed a contract as a whole season regular. Then, Adam and Eddy got clearance to do Frozen, so the original 4A plan got pushed to 4B. However, Micheal Socha had already signed a contract, and ABC would probably have to pay him a large sum of money to break it, so instead Adam and Eddy just added him into the Frozen arc in small ways (which I actually like better as I feel it is a more natural introduction to the charcter for those that haven't watched Wonderland). And I wouldn't worry about his happy ending with Ana, as I'm sure they aren't going to retcon that, and I'm actually excited because I'm hoping we will get confirmation this season that Ana is Cinderella's stepsister. It annoyed me that they so heavily implyed it on Wonderland, but wouldn't outright confirm it.

I don't know. I think it's a bit annoying having him in 4A when he essentially does nothing. I agree thought that introducing him early is nice but we don't know anything about him! We don't know where events in Wonderland coiencide with present Storybrooke so we can't say "Oh his history is OUATW." I only watched a couple episodes of Wonderland because I thought it wasn't that good so I don't know the conclusion. (Well I read the episode summaries but that's it.) You can't assume all the viewers know about his Wonderland shinanigans. Adam and Eddy said that they aren't expecting everyone to have watched Wonderland, and that they will explain everything that needs explaining. And we actually do know when this all occurs (during Season 2), so Season 4 takes place after all the events of Wonderland, with the exception of an epiloge scene with Alice and Cyrus, that takes place a good 6 years later (at least). That being said, I really recommend anyone who has not watched Wonderland, or not watched in it's entirety, to watch it. It does have a slow start, but it gets better as the series goes on. Furthermore, I believe that more things will be referenced on the main show (like Ana being related to CInderella, and Jafar coming as a villian) so just from that standpoint, it will give more meaning to Once if you have seen Wonderland.