Board Thread:Off-Topic Fun/@comment-2121812-20190503064700/@comment-1581533-20190506200028

I covered most of it on https://onceuponatime.fandom.com/wiki/Thread:399786#14.

In general I would: - Eliminate all the Dark Curses except for Regina's. - Make no use of the "memory loss" spells/potions, except of course for Regina wiping everyone's memory with dark curse and Snow temporarily forgetting about David in Season 1. That's it, no more memory losses as they're stupid and pointless. - Would make all seasons a full arc like Season 1, not split into 2 arcs. - Eliminate all contrived coincidences which made the universe feel so small - Kill off Rumple for good in 3x11. - Swanfire would be endgame and Hook would actually leave the show after the Neverland arc, and he might occasionally return a few times. - I would give the Sleeping Beauty story a much more important role and would probably flesh it through all Season 2 (sort of like Snow White was the main story in Season 1) alternating it with new characters stories (like Neal's, Hook's, Cora's etc.) and I would make Maleficent the main villain the Season.

I also agree about the following changes: -Letting the characters breathe and discuss their issues instead of the non-stop angst train -Killing Regina at the end of s2 (don't come for me please I just think it would have beena neat way to wrap up her arc) -More fairytales, less Disney -Not Everyone Needs A Redemption Arc -Add in some mythology, mainly Greek and Irish -More LGBT representation (bi!Emma who dated Lily when they were teenagers, pansexual Killian whose hot pirate ex makes a reappearence, asexual Henry, Mulan getting the love she deserves, bi!Belle rises) - Have kept the mythology consistent (Why did the travels between worlds became so easy?) - Eliminate the Wish Realm - Eliminate the Serum Queen - Having a final big bad more threatening and more relevant to the characters journey than the Black Fairy - Eliminate the Season 7 alternate iterations - Make Rumplestiltskin not the main antagonist of Season 4 - Do an story arc within the Land Without Magic