Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26151936-20150409231229/@comment-25926288-20150410010237

That's what they said, "What makes a hero? What makes a villain?" Snow and David look like selfish jerks (and even more stupid) (even though, Mal was totally evil and would have killed them without mercy) while the villains are getting more and more sympathetic. Ursula wasn't even a villain just a scorned and rebellious teen that held on to that, Mal looks so sad and receives no mercy, and Cruella...well, Cruella's just fun!

Lol, I would say if going by ratings, Once gained a huge number with the introduction of Frozen and now it's reaching lows. But it's a combo of things: in terms of people's interest, it is sort of meta, having the Author and what not; for me a non-shipper, the show only show "ships" grow and not much individual growth. Regina's happiness is making someone do something because she think she deserves it after countless murders and doesn't really care about others she made miserable (example, Gepetto even told her.). That seems like regression, she's just not all evil about it, but her attitude towards life barely changed if that's true. Emma seems to not be growing this season, Regina's happiness is all about Robin and forcing happy endings that would make her unhappy, Will and Belle remain quite irrelevant, Snow seems worse every season, Rumple has devolved into a supervillain (a shadow of his former self), David and Henry seem relevant but aren't really. Hook is Hook. So, where's the growth?