Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20170110155747/@comment-1916997-20170111002328

JennaMae wrote: Here's Channing expanding on her OUAT comments and it's certainly an interesting read:

"[Executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis] would be looking for the seventh season to be a springboard in a new direction from a narrative standpoint," Dungey tells EW, "which doesn't necessarily mean that we're not bringing the cast back, it's just how do you kind of hit the reset button in a way that gives you opportunity to expand the stories that we're telling?"

''However, it's hard to imagine that every character would survive the season if OUAT is truly heading for a big shake-up. In a recent Hot Seat with the OUAT bosses, the duo played coy to a fan question asking whether an important character will die without coming back this season. (Though Robin Hood perished last season, Sean Maguire is reprising his role for a multi-episode arc.)''

''"Whenever there's change, there's always transition," Dungey hedges in regards to whether she expects any cast exits. "It's just too hard to really say more of anything. Until they really get their pitch finalized, it's hard to really be more specific."''

http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/10/once-upon-time-season-7/ Oh, look. Sounds like we could be getting a whole new set of main cast. Merrin being main cast doesn't look so ridiculous now, does it? If this is the direction they go, I'd expect some of the other recurring characters could get moved to main cast as well. Characters like Red, Dorothy, Mulan, and Lily all seem like possiblilites. We could also get some brand new main cast as well.