Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160425010026/@comment-27257290-20160427004954

OK, on reflection I've thought of an explanation for Cora going to the happy place. If Cora of all people deserves the better place, then perhaps the show is following the philosophy that everyone deserves the better place, and that by moving on no one actually goes to the worse place. We're all just people with problems to face, and those who don't face them as well (i.e. the villains) may have to take longer in the UW to sort themselves out.

Maybe the pit of fire under the bridge to the better place (I want to just call it heaven to save typing, but after looking at some posts here I'm guessing I'd be lectured about how the better place isn't called heaven) isn't actually a worse place but an extension of the UW, and this leaving-for-a-better-place-or-a-worse-one is a lie that mortals are supposed to believe.

I'm convinced that this must be true, whether or not it will be mentioned in the show, because I have so far been confused about how Hades gets so irritated whenever a soul moves onto the better place, but couldn't care less whether they go to the worse one, even trying to send a couple of souls there himself. I thought instantly "but both places mean leaving the UW, fewer souls for Hades, doesn't he want them to stay in the middle place forever?" The only reasonable explanation I can think of is that the pit of fire simply sends souls into the River of Lost Souls to remain trapped in the UW forever, and that if you can avoid either one and finish your unfinished business, a better place will be waiting for you once you're ready.