Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160820125814/@comment-26159109-20160821050138

Eskaver wrote: As of shows I watch, for example Supernatural, they seemed to have the first five seasons sort of solidly put together, until change of leadership when you could tell that the story was just continuing because ratings (?).

I would say that as I mentioned, the show has solid bittersweet moments for 5A and 3A, could have solid happy endings for 3B and 5B, but here we are. I don't expect perfection, but it seems that we are stuck in a real twister. I'll ask anyone who cares to answer:

1. Why does Emma still have walls after 5 seasons? How many times does she have to learn to realize her family's acceptance?

2. How many times is the "Evil Queen" going to be flashed about? How many times are Rumple and Belle going to "break up"?

3. Can you really keep being hyped when the writers say that they are "focusing on our core characters", dicussing their "unfinished business", and discussing secrets that have never been hinted at whatsoever?

They literally said similar words nearly every season or so. Disney insertion has shown that it really isn't helping. Yeah, they get publicity and they aren't #6 show of the night or something, but their credibility for me goes way down. It's like they are trying to string along people, but the don't deliver fully.

I hope season 7 is a go and then it can wrap up "in theory" the way the runners say. I hear what CDa is saying, but I'll explain it sort of like this: Imagine a book series where the characters went in circles, but introduced new baddies now and again.

I never read Harry Potter, but if Harry defeated Voldemort in book 1, 3, in the early part of 5, it would get old. Then, have Hermoine show interest in Ron, then break up, then get back together in the next book, then to break up 2 books later, just to get back together at the end. Voldemort also survives Book 5, then stays in the background until he's redeemed in book 7. Since I never read it, I don't know, lol. However, I think anyone can see what I'm getting at.

Powerscaling-wise, these people just faced death, darkness, obstacles to love, fate, etc, what's there to accomplish? We've got the book, the author, the sorcerer, the DO mythos. There's really not much else to gather and it would still be cool if they left other things a mystery.

Harry Potter and OUAT are different and while I have criticism towards Harry Potter, I do believe that JK constructed the story to be one story with over arching arc. While Harry defeats Voldemort in almost every book, each book gives us new information about the wizarding world, about the events that happened before the series started. She takes the time to really give the readers a sense of dread about Voldemort and his followers and it is being gradually developed throughout books 5-7 until you reach the climax in book 7.

One of the most important aspects of Harry Potter is the story of growing up and the relationship between the characters, the actually evolve and develop unlike OUAT. Best example Ron and Hermione's relationship. JK didn't immediately pair them up because SHIPS. She developed their relationship throughout the series until it made sense for them to be together.