Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5205908-20150206194003/@comment-2153169-20150214141645

It's time for me to give my opinion :)

Honestly, after Frozen's success, people who pretend they did not want it in OUAT are liars. We ALL wanted to have the Snow Queen's story at a moment. So, okay, they used Frozen, and maybe they added it too soon. That's not the question here. But saying it was Frozen and nothing else, excuse me that's not the case. They changed some details about Frozen by mixing it with the "old" Snow Queen, and more important, they linked the whole Snow Queen's mythology to Emma. Her link with Ingrid is really good, and Ingrid herself is seen as one of the best villains of the show. So yeah, we saw a lot of Frozen especially in the flashbacks. But they tried to create links with main characters, and that's a good thing; they can't add Frozen without linking it to the rest of the characters. But I agree it was too much.

Then, saying it is Maleficent now because it is a promotion for Disney is a huge mistake. A&E never hide they wanted to do a Maleficent arc since S1. But the actress was busy with True Blood, and now this series is over, she came back for her arc. That's the only reason they do this arc right now. Most important, they clearly said they won't use at all the latest film about Maleficent :)