Board Thread:Fanon: Season 8 & Beyond/@comment-34684159-20180529131217/@comment-34684159-20180811134011

Once Upon a Time welcomes a very well-known archer back The winter finale of the of Once Upon a Time is coming in three weeks and we already know about five characters who are returning for the episode. Now, we get to know about one more special appearance -- former series regular Sean Maguire is returning in a "considerably big role" in the midseason finale, titled "". When asked if he would return as his character's original self or his Wish Realm self, Sean Maguire was quick to say -- "You'll be seeing me as both", he revealed. Robin Hood's original self is dead, so we still haven't been told if his appearance will be in flashbacks or maybe as a ghostly visit. His Wish Realm version, however, is quite alive, and was last seen in Season Six where he got his happy ending along with Regina's evil version, the Evil Queen. The latter already appeared in the eighth season.

"We'll definitely see the Evil Queen in action once again", revealed Lana Parrilla. "We'll see a little bit more of her relationship with Henry, as well as with Regina herself. They'll work together to stop the threat of, and the Evil Queen will play a big role in all that."

However, there's one person who isn't completely happy with these return -- and that is Tiera Skovbye, who plays Robin Hood's daughter Robin. When Maguire was announced to return in the Season Seven finale, she was disappointed to hear that her character wouldn't be meeting her dad -- and unfortunately she won't meet him in "Lotus Flower", either. "I actually don't even appear in the episode", confessed Skovbye. "But Snow does, so I'll get a page out of her book and have hope. Maybe one day Robin can meet her dad...", she said.

"Lotus Flower" airs on Friday, August 31, on the Once Upon a Time Wiki.