Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25375217-20171202221920/@comment-31937823-20180108232613

Chameleon-Guy wrote: So, seeing that season 8 is possible now, I would like to give my take on the cast and more thoughts:

- Henry

- Regina/Roni

- Hook/Rogers

- Cinderella/Jacinda

- Alice/Tilly

- Tiana/Sabine

- Lucy

- Drizella/Ivy's return

- NEF!Merlin or NEF!Peter Pan or an entirely new male wizard to replace Rumple, possibly a neutral figure

- A new main antagonist, NEF!Maleficent? Or an entirely new character

I expect the witches storyline along with Gothel to be wrapped up before the end of season 7, with the finale being a 2 hour adventure that can either close the series or open the door for next season. I don't want to see Zelena in big roles anymore, Robin has a lot of potential however, so either Zelena dies or she goes to San Francisco with her love and gets a happy ending, Robin needs to be developed as well as her story with Alice, so I'd keep her recurring. They need more interesting newbies and Drizella's return if they want to make season 8 solid, as the ABC boss said, it depends on the showrunners' ideas. They can also have a shorter 13 episodes season to close the new stories. As for the season 8 storylines, I would develop the characters we have now, without the curse, but more interesting storylines than "big bad comes to town", I actually prefer when they do journeys to other realms, in particular I would develop the Hook and Alice relationship because it's very cute. What I surely want is to bring back the original characters for the 2 hour series finale, whenever that happens, with Snow, Charming, Real Hook and obviously Emma.

I think maybe the coven storyline will leak into season 8, like maybe the last witch turns out to be the most powerful, and after Gothel’s defeat they become the main villain and a series regular.