Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26715865-20151102073210/@comment-25926288-20151102163616

CoolDudeAl wrote: Eskaver wrote: If the main characters are done growing, guess what you do? You end the show.

You misunderstand me, CoolDude. The flashbacks should supplement the main character development. Arthur and Gwen troubles could have supplemnented Snow and David's arguing and disagreement., for example.

I think you also mistake fanservice (for Disney) and actual story. The show is meant to tell a story and guess what the major component of storytelling is? Character development. They have to develop every season or it becomes a drag. Noone must watch any other shows because I guess they can't keep the same characters for seasons. Example, Supernatural is doing something similar to Once with the whole darkness thing and they have had Sam and Dean for 10 seasons developing. Grey's anatomy has characters developing for several seasons too. Character development should take priority. If there are good characters then all is at least decent.

And no, just because this has many tales and sources to use does it have the necessity to not do character development.

So, th e half season arcs, can help is there was significant overflow, but certain things like characters that could be futher developed are dropped off. Well, I don't think the main characters are done with their development. I just don't think it should all happen overnight. And I know what would happen if it did. "How is Regina a hero now, she just killed someone last week, this show doesn't know how to pace character growth." Basically Adam and Eddy are damned it they do and damned it they don't. Only if they do it poorly. They always need to develop characters and do so at a decent pace. Regina is claiming she's a hero and she just stole Belle's heart. That's what happens when you do it poorly.

Character development is always a gradual process, so there needs to be no assumption that I mean overnight. Did I say that? No, I did not. Character development means development, I did not say change, so let's clear these terms out.

Emma's character arc in season 3b was acceptiong her home and her magic. It happened gradually. Emma went from Resisting the Dark One and happy to Dark One accepting between episodes and we did not see that transition. That is poor pacing.

If you are saying this about character development, then that means that you don't watch for characters. (Now, of course I'm not saying that you specifically don't but an overall you) People watch for characters first, plot second. If the characters don't develop, then thats sad.

What you are saying is similar to saying, plot development doesn;t have to happen every episode. Can't expect them to solve the problem immediately.

But the fact you're not seeing is "develoment". The plot develops every episode,as should the characters.