Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20150309010651/@comment-26168242-20150310000937

Side note: I loved Season 4A, but I relate to those who feel it was filler compared to what we're getting now. The arc itself was very nice and charming, but it was so self-focussed it didn't move any main plot point forward. What brought us here and gave the characters a chance at developing was the Hat subplot, which was marginal and barely (if not forcedly) related to the main Frozen plot, and could have been condensed into a couple of episodes without any of the Snow Queen drama. What we got was basically OUAT put on hold while the writers (admittedly) developed a very beautiful Frozen fanfiction. I loved and already miss the Frozen characters, but I'm quite glad we're back to OUAT full time at last. Not related to the "Unforgiven" episode.

Probably in the minority here but after the "OMG Pan", arc and then the "OMG Wicked is gonna kill us" The Frozen arc was a really nice, way to slow things down and get a breather. I also liked how the hat and Regina's quest were just quietly working in the background.

Now we're picking up the pace again with the Queens of Darkness. I'm sure it'll match or go beyond the sort of hyper tension of the past Pan/Wicked arcs.

Back to "Unforgiven". I feel a lot of sympathy for Maleficent. However she was evil. Sorry is currently evil. She cast curses/killed and practises dark magic. Are we really going to sympathise with her to the extent that Snow is the villain? Snow made a bad call. Or a few depending on how far back you want to go. That doesn't make her this evil being that everyone is making her out to be. She tried to do the right thing. I'm not saying she was without blame. But can we all please remember that Maleficent is "supposed" to be the Mistress of all evil? Since when did she automatically get entilted to a "Happy ending" when so far, all we have seen of her is killing and dark dark dark.

Just something to think about.