Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20170728205559/@comment-25926288-20170801101414

Farerb wrote:

CoolDudeAl wrote:

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Eskaver wrote:

So, I'll repeat it. Emma's story ended in 6x22. She's simply making an appearance. I think the issue, regarding Emma's story ending, stems from her husband still being a part of the show. Introducing a new story for Henry makes sense, but other than Regina, the returning original characters should not be there. Are husbands not allowed to take trips without their wives? Henry was in trouble, his stepfather and grandfather, along with his adoptive mother, went to help him. I don't see the problem. So Emma just doesn't care that her son is in trouble? Not necessarily directed at you (Farerb) with condemnation, but that's strawman. CDA is talking about character independence (Emma doesn't have to be involved in everything that happens), not about Emma's love for her son. Plus, it is flawed to begin with because we do know for a certainty that Emma does visit Henry in 7x02 but also we don't really know if Henry is in any actual danger.

But in a reply to others, I think we'll probably agree that "I'm pretty sure whatever is done will suck". However, there's a bit more to these things:

1. For once, it isn't the writers' fault. They clearly wanted JMo, which wouldn't even have this concern arise. They have a choice of JMo appearing in one episode or no episodes.These guys make many errors and missteps along the way, but that's beyond the writers control.

2. It's being impractical to expect them to do a lot with a little. I could easily ask any one of us to put ourselves in the showrunners' shoes and what we would do in this situation. Either you'd:

A. Kill off Emma...which won't be well-received

B. Recast Emma....whcih won't be well-received

C. Put Emma in questionably OOC...which won't be well-received by vocal fandom

D. Cancel the whole season....which is the easy way out of the situation and not necessarily what would happen

E. Completely bar Emma from season 7 not even mentioning her...which won't be well-received

F. Completely bar every former character, except Henry, which is essentially the same as E, just with everyone having no stake in a character they loved (which Henry?? Don't think he'll hold the same)

G. Completely bar everyone including Henry, which probably won't be greenlighted and definitely would likely result in an entire season of people complaining and some being rightfully interested and would just be a spin-off.

I might have missed something, but I really don't know you expect or if you can really make gold out this pile of rubbish. If you can, feel free to share and even kudos, but the writers are at best approaching this decently.