Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160211135926/@comment-1916997-20160211204642

Lady Junky wrote: Eskaver wrote: We all love season 1, but season 1 wasn't without its outside influences. Talk for you! I never hide that my least fav season is the first one x)

The original idea, and it is still there, was good, but I also think that A&E gave too much time to some side characters, without going that much forward with their main story.

Do you REALLY think people would enjoy that much the show if they kept giving episodes to side characters? I'm talking about Leroy or Hansel and Gretel. Their episodes are still considered as some of the worst that they did, by fan. That's why I have some problems with people today. Some of them criticize 509 because it was filler and was about Merida; but these same people also forget that A&E were already doing that in S1. At least, Merida was recurring and got some importance contrary to Hansel and Gretel who were episodic.

I also think, and I still think, that Charming's definite death would be the best thing ever which could happen to Snow/MM's character development. Seriously guys, do you imagine how interesting it would be to see MM dealing with his dead but also continuing to be strong for their children? It would give a brand new focus on Snow's character, and make her more interesting than ever. But also open more doors for her upcoming storylines. Yeah, the show is about hope. But, it could be interesting to see that hope can still exist and be there after a very hard moment in our lives. I really hope they'll come back to this part of their plan. This is a really good point about Season 1. While I liked the show from the beginning, I didn't get more excited about it until later, when more stories and characters were getting introduced, and when everyone had their memories back (so like Season 2). To me in Season 1, the fantasy flashbacks were the highlights, and the small town drama felt very soap opera-y. I mean I understand all stories have to start simple and get more complex as the show goes on, but that's why I tend to like things more once they have built them up.