Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20170803053127/@comment-25926288-20171027115442

To the detriment of the first sneak peek, I think it's a little problematic that (or rather, a clear example of why) Victoria Belfrey, urban developer has so much power. Let me not draw parallels to Regina as I want to hold her to her own merit.

Besides being the store-brand evil socialite/CEO of movieland, there's a nagging presumption that the audience will just accept that she has this untold power. Politicians having this power make sense as they greatly influence people's lives. Police make sense as they are the enforcers of the law (and can be corrupt). However, businesspeople need a shadowy organization or extreme wealth and connections to pull these things off.

Victoria being like "Hey, give Tilly these drugs that I somehow got" then follows with "I totally have recorded your shadiness". How did she get those drugs? Plus, Weaver could easily trump Victoria playing the long game as he holds great sway over law enforcement. (Also, this curse doesn't appear to have made everyone weak, subservient citizens.)

Just saying for the long run, Victoria looks pretty short-sighted. Perhaps that is intentional. Not every villain needs to be super-manipulative and overbearing, but they did set her up to be resourceful, so I hope they follow through with that.

Tremaine appears resourceful (though half of this is offscreen, which is annoying). But she needs to level up her reputation skill as 99% of her onscreen stuff has been bossing a subservient Drizella and tricking Neal-esque "Dumber than a Box of Hair" Jace. (Geez, Neal and Jace fall into the most obvious traps.) Victoria does a little petty thing here and there. Show her moving people out, harassisng citizens, etc.

I'm not asking her to kick puppies, but--well, yes I am.