Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171118020002/@comment-31231929-20171120234150

Eskaver wrote: If anyone cares, I figured out another step different with Jace and Henry and why it might not be working as strong, narratively.

Jace and Henry are literally the Snowing of this faux-season 1. That's a distinct aspect of this season. Whereas Emma was focus on Regina-Rumple and the bigger games at stake, Snow and David had the love triangle and small societal punishments.

So, it's liked they just cut out Emma (in more ways than one). I give them props on not keeping everything note for note, but with so many things being imitations, I think this is actually one dynamic they should have kept the same. There's no main character actively fighting the Big Bad and curse. At best we have Regina, Alice (at times), or Tremaine as everybody else sort of wanders around in their smaller, interconnected stories. This is exactly what has been bothering me about this season. Henry is supposed to be the protagonist, but other than the first episode, he hasn't acted like much of one. The show needs a character to act as the "glue" that holds all the storylines together and right now there isn't one.