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Arctucrus wrote: The answer to that lies in one of my other posts.

It's the fact that all the stories on Once Upon a Time have already been touched, added to, modified, had different versions created, etc. while Middle Earth and Narnia's stories have not. In other words, to me, Once Upon a Time has been about a new, fresh and exciting take on all the stories we've already heard 1,000 different times, 1,000 different ways. Middle Earth and Narnia's stories simply don't fit that yet.

To answer your question, "What makes them ready?", I don't know. I have no clue. I don't think anybody does. Now, as to finding out whether or not they are ready, I'm completely open to that. I just don't think OUaT is the way to find out if they're ready. I don't support it being the way.

TL;DR, I just think OUaT is about the stories that we know are ready, not about the ones that we need to find out if they are. That's a fair point. I wonder though if Once doesn't do it, than who will? I am eager to see a fresh take on these stories, and since Once is doing classic stories that's why I thought it would be a good fit. Of course this whole debate may be useless, compared to the bigger issue: Even if Adam and Eddy wanted to do Narnia or Middle Earth, would they be able to get the rights?