Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20180206195120/@comment-25926288-20180415124343

Chameleon-Guy wrote: S6B only had Gideon and the Black Fairy, I don't see the issue, here we have had 5 villains, I like Gothel more than Fiona but I admit the latter was done better even though we didn't see how she became evil, I liked how she merged into the show's mythology, and died as a villain, I'm hoping the same for Gothel. It’s always a neat discussion to see why the narrative falters.

Fiona faltered due to many reasons, but one was that she wasn’t really Emma’s villain. Gideon played that role more and it’s why it was pretty good to end in on Emma versus Gideon. Not going to consume the thread with things like Fiona having Rumple syndrome and repeat the same plan ten times in a span of like two episodes. That’s the writers hitting us over the head with their glamorized shovel.

Gothel was a solid villain, but they give the impression that they dropped her like a rock. They cut some of her scenes out and simply excluded her from two episodes in a row. (Possibly)

I’m going to say something controversial but these characters appeared to have needed the extra episodes.

Think about it and I think we all might see that this is probably the case. Ella dropped into minor character status and is 100% worried, Tiana comes in every episode to say “J, having boy trouble” (kinda ridiculous), we know absolutely nothing about Kelly’s fiancé, Chad and he’s essentially gone.

So, I do think Tremaine left at the right time. And eventually, Drizella, and soon Facilier, so this may just be like a two-parter Gothel’s story, plan, Henry’s coming into herohood, Gothel’s defeat.