Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5205908-20141226192345/@comment-5205908-20150106202705

Hmcooper4 wrote: I feel confident that rule for killing the antagonist will be broken eventually as well, and I think this might be the time to do it.

In a way, Regina has already broken that rule, because she was the antagonist of Season 1.

I think in this, what could happen by the end of the season is that TQOD will decide to seperate (on not so friendly terms). 1 of them may reform and join Regina (Maleficent is my choice here). a second one will stay teamed up with Rumple (Ursula?) and the Third will go off on their own to cause mischief. The heroes would have to be aware of all sides, but the antagonists would also have multiple opponents. It could create some interesting 2 on 1 scenarios, and might open the story up to some more original conflict.

This could actually also introduce some areas of gray where one set of villians has to stop the other one (granted for probably self-serving reasons), and maybe even cooperate with the heros.

Yes it is very likely TQOD will disband by the end of the season if not before. But it could due to some if not all of them getting killed. At this point, their upcoming reunion and invasion of Storybrooke is due to Mr. Gold recruiting them to find the Author(at least he claims so), they might come up with their own agenda, since the villains of the series always have their own goals. And if stopping their plans requires their death like Ingrid needed to die to stop her curse, then their death might be inevitable.