Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24674051-20170113184853/@comment-27060727-20170113193220

So Channing Dungey never actually said that season 7 is going to be a reboot, just that they're looking at "resetting" it to put the show in a different direction. That could mean a reboot, it could just mean the absence of one (or more) main characters that would change the show's dynamics. But since season 7 would still be running under the original OUAT name, I have to assume that it will still be fairly connected to S1-6.

So yeah, I personally do not think that we're getting a giant complete reboot of the show like a lot of people are theorizing. I want to say that the only people I see not surviving season 6 are Rumple and Belle. I definitely don't think Belle will die - but if Rumple is off the show, then I'm not sure about Belle's status. I'd want her to stay. If they need to cut people out for budget reasons (which they do sometimes when contracts have to be renegotiated), Belle and Zelena are good candidates. But I'm a bit hesitant to think that they'd get rid of Zelena b/c she's there for Regina... Some people are saying that Snow and Charming will be off the show, but I'm not sure how that would even be written in sensibly. If the S6 finale isn't the "Emma's happy ending" that A&E has teased since S1, her parents, true love, and son would still have to be here.

Hopefully, A&E and (most of) the actors are on the same page about keeping everyone there for season 7 and are just waiting for ABC to make a decision about the show.