Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-25926288-20170502222723/@comment-26159109-20170503071828

I think the main problem here is derived by a different problem which is characters motivation, the main characters and especially the villains. It seems to me like when they come up with a villain ,who is the main catalyst for the plot (without the villain there is no plot), they don't set for him the motivation, it is thought up probably minutes before writing their backstory episode, then what the villain did in the beggining of the arc suddenly doesn't make sense, which fails the plot because the plot is always centered around the villains and their motivation.

I have a lot to say about characters motivation on this show and it is either changes rapidly (according to what the plot of the episode demands, Rumple is a good example) or it does not exist at all (for instance, what does Belle want? What makes her act the way she does? Maybe she would have done more if the writers gave her a clear motivation), I need to gather my thoughts around it so I'll write it later, maybe in a different thread.