Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1916997-20150912032554/@comment-25926288-20150912131256

I'm okay with seeing partial stories and that's for the better. It keeps up the mystery and leaves doors open for possible revisits. Want to see? Everything, of course, but that's not wthin reason.

I always think in terms of a story. Like a book, you might have characters C, D, and E and want to tell their stories, struggles, and internal drama in great detail, but you have to remeber that you have a main character.

That is how it is on ONCE. They have heirarchal tiers of Once main characters and that's what they need to focus on.

Emma is the primary main character without a doubt and it's her story. Snow, Regina, and Rumple are her major supporting players and main/ major characters of their own. Then you have their supporting cast, Hook, Belle, David, and Henry and then so on.

The fairytale flashbacks are hardly important for Emma's character (at least some are). That's why we have Rumple, Snow and Regina pretty much in everyone's flashback to connect it closer to the story. Otherwise, it's almost like filler. Yes, even for the supporting cast. Can't really have Belle, Hook, or David without the major players in their flashbacks or it's just filler or not major to the plot.

Examples: Hook's backstory is primarily Rumple based, but outside that 3x05 was pretty much filler for Hook's character. It wasn't really something that could have been summarized in a line or two. It doesn't really effect Emma or the story. David's backstory had a pseudo major character of Anna, but that still was a bit fillerish and could have been done without it. It didn't teach us anyting worth remembering or really helped the story.

It's hilarious when some think there is too much Emma, Regina, Rumple, or Snow when that's how the story is set up.

I would like Mal and Briar Rose's flashback and the "Well, Well, Well" speech, but if Rumple (seeing how he's the only one old enough) isn't there, then it's pointless filler. That would have no effect on the plot and it would be awkward. Almost like Robin's centric.....I loved it, but if Regina or Rumple weren't in there it would be almost like they put the plot on pause (which they sort of did) to tell us something else. That's like seeing that Ana is Cinderella's sister. It would be cool to have that confirmed, but how does it help character growth or whatever travesty that has befallen them.?