Board Thread:Show-Related Questions and Answers/@comment-27094327-20151019041819/@comment-25926288-20151022034958

What,really? wrote: Eskaver wrote: What,really? wrote: Maybe, MasterOfCows. But perhaps the curse was cast by the same person who tree-ified Merlin, possibly Nimue. I do think that it would be a huge letdown if Merlin were killed in Camelot, but the writers aren't likely to go that far. I think they like to have everyone in Storybrooke for big showdowns. Still.... One of my biggest pet peeves is when there is some character who could annihilate another character with a twitch of an eyebrow--and then the first character just stands around waiting for the second character to stab them in the back. "Supernatural" is obviously the biggest offender, but it shows up a lot on other shows as well. Yeah, I hate that. It's sort of what happened to Zelena after she was stunned by light magic, she just sat there on the ground to TALK! She could hanve just knock Regina out and vaporize her, but that probably wouldn't be in character.

(Even Supernatural falls for some villainous gloating. I mean can't they teleport and use "magic" or their power. Why in the world do they stop to gloat and then physically attack someone? That's like during Wicked vs Evil, Zelena uses TK to push Regina into the car and then she poofs and starts punching the life out of Regina. It's really illogical.)

My issue is also when the main character pulls out something even more powerful they haven't been using before. That's why it makes sense Once fights are short because they usually go straight fo the defeat. I really agree, Eskaver. Although, I would say "especially Supernatural" rather than "even Supernatural." Have you noticed just how many angels have gotten stabbed in the back since the angel blades started floating around? And we had some demons before that, not to mention someone else in the last season (no names in case you haven't watched it). This is because they are just too OP to kill unless you catch them by surprise, so be surprise it must be, whether or not it makes sense from a plot perspective, or leaves villains holding the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdiotBall Idiot Ball. ] The big problem is that while the threats Sam and Dean face have leveled up, the brothers themselves have not be allowed to do so permanently. Now, I'm not going to venture off of the topic, but I'm currently binge watching it.

Back on topic, it's things like the Sands of Avalon that makes magic super OP on this show., They make arbitrary rules which you can break. They say there is a price that's never really apparent.

Example, the Sands are rare or far away. But what is the price that Arthur has to pay? He got what he wanted and he's happy with it. It's been at least 4ish years and he's been totally fine sanding his own kingdom. You can't say it made him corrupt, because he was sort of like that before the sand. You can't say that he lost something of equal value because that's what Gwen paid for the sands. You can't say that Arthur will eventually pay for the sands because he'd probably die before that happens.

These sands could have been used to do a whole lot of things. Solve Jafar's problem without all that genie nonsense. Fix Regina having people hate her even her mother. Cora fixing Leopold. Regina fixing Henry and the list goes on.

Rumple could have used some and I totally think they won't bring it up again because Rumple obviously gave it all away for reasons unknown.