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Hmcooper4 wrote:

Honestly, I think Ginny and Josh could be moved to recurring characters, (Give MM her old teaching job back, and let David run the Sheriff's station). and then make room for a new FT couple (or other FT characters) to become the center of the show for a bit. I don't see this happening ever XD The creators have made it clear that they consider this to be telling of the "Snow White" story, and even demoting Ginny and Josh would be a major shift from that idea. They pretty much demoted them without technically demoting them. The "Snow White" story wasn't relevant anymore after S2. I don't see any reason why they should continue to be on the show other than being a symbol of what the show used to be about. You are adding logic to a show without it. Ginny and  Josh are central to the story, doing absolutely nothing and will stay regulars. Problem with all the thought process is, if Sean is a regular and isn't doing anything at all, then no others should or would be dropped before him and/or Zelena, unless a "bold storytelling move". I'm saying that Josh and Ginny might not want to remain technically background characters and the fact that they are "central to the story" is not what's going to make them sign a contract for S6.

These contracts are not just about what is logical to the story, it's about what the actors want as well and if any actor won't want to be in the show next season, then the story is not what's going to make them stay. If they want to leave and there is a plan to use their characters in the story, then the story will have to change. I just said the thingy about logic.

Anyhow, Josh and Ginny will likely sign if they deem it as a good source of money and they don't ever seem to have huge side projects or noticeable offers lined up, at least to me. Ginny does a few things, but I think she's content with Once and a few projects. I haven't a clue what else Josh does.

You are making it sound as though they are unhappy and unwilling to work, which doesnt seem the case. Josh seems fairly happy. Ginny, not as much. I mean way back when Some people thought Robert would be done, but apparently not as he said so himself. I'm thinking the bigger actors are Ginny, JMO and Robert. We all know Jennifer isn't going anywhere for the time being although I'm sure she has a good chance at future major opportunities.

That leaves the lower card. But then, we are playing the "Someone will leave game" but the answer could be and likely is noone. Rebecca seems to enjoy being brought back to Once, Sean seems okay, even though he probably should move on, unless his pay is great. Emilie is pregnant and with how Once uses her, I guess at most she'd drop down to recurring, but why not stay a regualr even though she seems to have a lesser workload.

The actors aren't just going to put themselves out of a job for no reason. Let's think of who has potential line-ups and other side projects and prospects and not "Ginny and josh can become recurring, not central to the story, etc" when I feel that Once is Josh's biggest option as far as I can tell. Ginny has a big Disney movie coming up, which I'm sure will bring her a lot of money plus she has a big name, she did a lot of well known movies plus a famous HBO show, Ginny shouldn't be out of job. We don't know what kind of offers they get, usually that's between them and their agents. I do know that Josh had to give up doing Thor 2 because of the show and who knows how many other projects, maybe if he had left OUAT sooner, he could have been a big star like Jaime Dornan and Sebastian Stan, but we wouldn't know that. Haha, I think Josh is okay, wasn't going to be that star level.

But as you said, in essence, we don't know. Ginny is doing stuff with Disney, so I'm sure she has a decent place in Once, same as with Gosh. We don't have any recurring cast that pops up in nearly episode, every season. Can you name one? Granny and the Dwarves are a close guess, but that's about it. In screentime, Snow and David makes them look like dwarves. Depending on contracts, they might sign a shorter and/. or lenient contract, but not going lower than regular, unless it's off the show.