Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170609125334/@comment-25926288-20170609201739

I believe that the heart rip (which was similar to Nimue's) was stopped because:

1. TigerLily was still alive.

2. I think they realized it would be too similar to Nimue.

I don't think Fiona was poorly written due to unclear goals. Nonetheless, I think it's pretty clear that Fiona is heavily connected to the concept of Nimue. It's like they sort of had a change of heart and split an arc/villain into two.

Other examples (warning: flowery, meaningless language)

A. Isaac says "The Story ends with the Savior going Dark." Well, duh they can't see renewals being obvious, but it better ties in to Henry's Final Battle thing and Isaac knowing about it. Perhaps they didn't think having back to back mythos arcs, or didn't want to end the show so soon.

B. Less evidence base but every wondered: "Where's Morgan Le Fay?" Fiona could have been that answer. Could have had Fiona as set up for Nimue, or simply Nimue.

The amount of similarities either shows: Nimue and Fiona were originally one idea, the Writers ran out of ideas, or they further dissected Nimue/Fiona into even more villains for future purposes/ aka Rumple still being the DO.