Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20151130073929/@comment-24276151-20180320224437

Favs: (no specific order)

Main:

Emma (because c'mon)

Regina (Still killin' it 7 years later, never lost her edge, wanted to see more of her mentoring Drizella though)

Gold (Also killin' it 7 years later, at least in the Forest, but Hyperion-wise he seems noticeably subdued and quiet present-day - clearly he just wants out of this life now.)

Hook (can't imagine Emma with anyone else at this point, although WR Hook I don't know how I feel about)

Zelena (the sass on this one, glad to see her return for S7)

Adult Henry (his best moments are when he is with Regina (a lot) or Drizella (wish there were more))

Supporting:

Pan (terrifying but actually came off as funny to me)

Ingrid (IMO the previous "most well-written and tragic villain/anti-villain" until Drizella)

Mal (underutilized, I wanted to see way more of her past season 4)

Cruella (absolutely hilarious, she also seems to have the most appearances out of the QoD)

Merlin (interesting and believable way of portraying him)

Hades (despite being a fav, he had wasted potential, there was so much more they could have done with him)

Drizella (My God, I just love her. By far my favorite new character and easily the most well-written one, she also wins the "most tragic villain/anti-villain" award in my book. Absolute shame she is not staying the whole season, her interactions with Henry always make me cheer.)

Least Favs: (no specific order)

Main:

Snow (season 4 only, with the way she and Charming were going about hiding secrets and stealing eggs)

Charming (season 4 only, same reasons)

Young Henry (For most of season 4, he does nothing, then he becomes the author and I thought that was awesome. Season 5 he does nothing noteworthy with his powers. Season 6 redeemed him for me.)

Belle (On and off. She came off as hypocritical sometimes, especially when showing up at the well as per Gold's request except to say that she needs a break and then not letting him see his son at all and refusing protection from the Queen and Hyde and blaming him for all of it [despite Gold also being very much in the wrong, he would never raise his son to be like him, and I hate the idea of her keeping Gideon from him forever].)

Ella (I don't hate her, but I just don't care about her one bit, which is arguably worse than hating her, and I despised her being with Henry [but not the character herself], plus she is mostly 1-dimensional and whiny to a fault. The story skips over her years with Henry and their interactions are just........ noooooo. Her best moments are when she is not with him, instead with Lucy or Tiana [and even then they got into a really dumb argument which soured my opinion on her even more].)

Supporting:

Greg (Why? Just... why did they try to make him such a major villain in all the worst ways and then just... Shadow snatch him and that's it?)

Tamara (I can't even with this one)

Milah (I still feel like her explanation for why she left doesn't justify it, especially since she left her son and husband to suffer because she hated her husband's cowardice, and then when she could finally redeem herself she loses the chance when Gold tosses her in the river.)