Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5154975-20140830155800/@comment-1894786-20150223170215

Hmcooper4 wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: They've lasted four seasons doing nothing but European fairy tales and mythology, with just one Asian legend (Mulan, as Aladdin is a story within a story of an Eastern European folk tale if I recall).

They still have four more continents, all of which are chock full of fairy tales, folk tales, legends and mythology to explore. Realistically, Once Upon A Time could be the next great American soap opera if they felt like it, stretching out these stories and plotlines for 40 years. And I'm not exaggerating LOL

But I feel like 10 seasons is good. Maybe even 15 like ER? But they'd definitely have to do a few time skips. We can't have 25 year old Jared and 19 year old Raphael still playing children LOL I agree, that they will have to do a few time skips (They really need another skip of about a year now as it is). And depending on how long the series lasts, they may even have to start replacing some of the main characters. You mention ER, and as I recall, not one of the original cast members lasted to the series finale. If Once goes much past about 7 or 8 seasons, they are going to have to start phasing characters in and out. True, but Bones on FOX is rapidly catching up to ER's 15 seasons (They're on season 10 right now) and in all their seasons, they've only replaced three main cast members, both of which were in the first 3 seasons.

I could honestly see Lana and Bobby staying right up until the end, same with Jared and Emma (due to Regina and Rumple being so integral to everyone's stories, and Emma needing to give everyone happy endings and Henry being... Henry. LOL)