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CoolDudeAl wrote: KnocknickKnock wrote: The only things I think the show missed storywise is:

Season 4

1. The Queens of Darkness should have been a full season rather than half a season. You had atleast 4 villains that season. Most half seasons only have 1 villain so 4 villains atleast deserved a full Season. The characters could have been fleshed out more.

2. Ursula should have simply remained the Sea Goddesses. You could have kept everything else abut her relatively the same without seperating the two characters. You could have just argued she could have simply changed her appearance via magic.

3. Maleficent should have been more vengeful towards Rumple and Regina. Considering theyu locked her away for 28 years in Dragon Form. The whole Lily Stroyline should have been cut, it totally ruined Maleficents character. Maleficent is suppose to be the most iconic and scariest Disney villain and she came off as rather pathetic on this show.

4. Cruella should have been more involved with buying up property in Storybrooke and scarying the citizens with the idea of exposure to the outside world. They also should have stayed true to her Disney story and did something with Dalmations.

5. The whole inner battle within regina should have happened during this season. In Season 3 we learned regina could access Light Magic I feel like they should have touched more on that in Season 4. They could have did the Hyde and Jeykll storyline here with Regina using the Serum to split herself into Dark and light. Dark Regina should have been more like the Evil Queen while Light Regina should have been more like redemption Regina.

6. Hyde and Jekyll should have been in this season. Also did Dr. Fallicer. Friends on the otherside help bring back Zelena at the request of Dark Regina. Regarding Mal, the whole point of Once is to humanize the villains, and show that there is always more to the story. They literally do that with nearly every villain, so not sure why you'd have a problem with them doing it with Mal. Regarding Cruella, they did do things with dalmations, both with her mother's in FB and with Pongo in present day. It is one thing to humanize them and it is another to make them pathetic. Angelina Jolie version of Maleficent both humanized her and kept her from looking utterly pathetic. Once upon a time made Maleficent look weak and pathetic. They humanized Regina and Zelena without making them look pathetic. Cruella and her connections to Dalmations on once was very freaking minor. They are called the Queens of Darkness and not the Queens of Sadness. They were suppose to be some of the most evil Villains all of time. Niether Maleficent or Ursula came off as evil niether did Cruella. Creulla just came off as a crazy drunk.

Also have to call BS on the whole humanization thing also. Even in the original Fairy takes these characters were humanized but that didn't make them weak pathetic beings. Also the show didn't make Pan, Zeleena, Black, Evil Queen, or Ingrid weak and pathetic and still managed to humanized all those characters.