Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4775130-20150611162216/@comment-24674051-20150612164847

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Utter solitude wrote: The issue that comes up is that plans change. They change constantly and in big ways. You may intend to use a character heavily, but as the overall story develops, it might change. While that probably was the case in the past, I seriously doubt that is what happened with Will Scarlet.

There was always this vibe that Michael Socha was just randomly put on OUaT, because ABC did not want to loose him to another network. The fact that OUaTiW was a ratings failure should have been enough of a sign, that Will would never be intergraded well into the cast. It did not help that Eddy and Adam tried to hype the character. Plus, I am also going to put some blame on the fandom, for have unattainable expectations. Actually, I think that Michael was announced as being in the Main Cast for Season 4 prior to the writers/producers knowing about the Frozen arc. I am not sure on this one, because I don't know all the things that go on behind the scenes, but the timing seems to indicate that they had plans for Michael, and then when they got the chance for Frozen, things changed, and the plans for Michael were forgotten (or should I say put on ice).

So again, I go back to blaming the writers, and producers.