Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26234227-20151106103951/@comment-25926288-20151106140305

What a somewhat noble thought, but thankfully the world does not work like that.

The main purpose of a show is to entertain. If I or any fan is not entertained by some part or by something, then it can be held up to scrutiny. I love the show, but that does not mean I have to like everything about it and that does not mean I can't talk about what I don't like. I think the writers, cast, crew and all others involved are wonderful people and I'd love them to have jobs consistently and do what they love, but that's not how the world functions.

Every show has it's flaws, but it will be and has to be open to constructive criticism. Not the complain about stupid things or apparent mindless hatred, but the constructive kind, whether it's the harsh truth or soft. I'll give you an example.

Most of us went to school at some point in our lives. Imagine if the teacher only focused on what you did good and never gave you constructive feedback. If they only gave you the best grades, but never told you where you could improve and what youi were doing wrong. Perhaps even just giving it to you just because you tried. You know where that would get you? Absolutely nowhere!!!!!!!!!

So, the show and the writers can be held to that level of criticism. Their job depends on if people like it, not anything else.

I'll take your last statement and modify it. If you care about the characters and the story, then you'd criticize it as you deem fit in a constructive manner. IT'll be as if a parent let their child do anything and never corrected it. Constructive criticism is something we all use to improve ourselves for the better.

Once being diverse is nice, but the way it is handled is as important. If I don't like the way it is handled, then it must be voiced if it follows a disgusting way that history has led us to believe.

For example, some people don't believe that a woman can rape a man. And if the writers ignore that some women using magic or what not raped a man, then it nmeeds to be commented on how they handled it  in order to educate them as well as others, especially victims of such assaults.

LGBT has a thread and should be discussed there.

Don't get me started on POC discussion. Merlin and Lance are probably dead anyway, because why not show them alive in SB. Tell me how many POC were enslaved in some capacity to a "whiter" or white person (Gwen, Sidney Glass), how many were killed by an old, white man (Gus, Tamara, Fairy God Mother), how many were "killed" and then a white woman in disguised (Lancelot, Marian), in an relationship dominated by a white counterpart (Henry Sr.), unhappy (Mulan), and just plain dead (The Dragon) or chnged from a POC to a white person (Lily).

Okay, got that? Now tell me how many are happy. Ursula, her father and Rapunzel and family. Now tell me how many of them reformed their broken relationship due to some young, attractive white man guiding them. When you subtract that you get zero. Now, the last part might be a strecth, so you have at most five POCs happy and not in anyway getting the shaft. So, I should be happy with two more POCs that might be dead. If they are dead, then you will know Once has not improved on the racial scale. It's bad enough the first Latina you see is a sexy, dominatrix devoted to evil, then to have your first black character to die within thirty seconds of appearing. Remember those days?

Now the random fan attacks are just because there is internet and they become tolls and disgrunted haters, which actors and others learn to ignore. There are always haters in a bunch of fans, but they are always the minority. Shippers should go eat a book, because the writers never should cater to their whims and should do what's best for the show.

IF the group had to rescue Regina from a cake and the plan to kturn the Library into frosting.......no one would watch that. You are legitimately saying that you should support them even if they give you crap that came out of their behinds. Guess who's a critic that would stop that from happening. Not us fans that criticize it, but their bosses who would fire them for stupidity.