Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4775130-20150611162216/@comment-25926288-20150612184121

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Utter solitude wrote: The issue that comes up is that plans change. They change constantly and in big ways. You may intend to use a character heavily, but as the overall story develops, it might change. While that probably was the case in the past, I seriously doubt that is what happened with Will Scarlet.

There was always this vibe that Michael Socha was just randomly put on OUaT, because ABC did not want to loose him to another network. The fact that OUaTiW was a ratings failure should have been enough of a sign, that Will would never be intergraded well into the cast. It did not help that Eddy and Adam tried to hype the character. Plus, I am also going to put some blame on the fandom, for have unattainable expectations. OuatiW wasn't a ratings failure other than poor placement which a network exec took the blame for. So, Will  or the rest of the show material can't be blamed for that.

Also, you can't blame the fans because when you bring in characters and increase the hype, it's the promoters and showrunners fault at not crushing or diminishing it right away.

Since I doubt they were just using him stupidly, I'm sure they just had trouble with the poorly planned Frozen arc. Don't get me wrong, I loved much of it, but it still was a wedge and wasn't planned prior as the other seasons seemed to be.