Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170515015929/@comment-26159109-20170521083508

Aine1989 wrote: I think this finale would have worked a whole lot better if you take away the Black Fairy (however much I love Jamie's portrayal) and replace her with either Regina or Rumple (or both, which would be a nice callback to the first season). Immediately we have villains who we know are menacing and we know their motives, instead of having to shoehorn in a generic cardboard cut out of a villain

Regina is not the same person as she used to be, so it would have come out of nowhere and wouldn't have made sense (the evil queen could have been that person had they not send her away). As for Rumple, I don't know what his motivation anymore or if he has any that doesn't constantly changes so I guess it could have worked ¯\_(ツ)_/¯