Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26830263-20170710210232/@comment-1916997-20170718130733

Eskaver wrote: What bothers me is the fans across the web don't seem to recognize that there are more than two ways that a character can be written off/be off screen. All I've seen is:

"Emma is pregnant with a baby!", and

"Oh no, Emma is dead."

But it never seems to occur to them that there are 500 other options and that just because the actress only signed for one episode, doesn't mean anything about the character. Like we might not see Lee Arenberg again. Does that mean Grumpy's pregnant? Does it mean that Grumpy's dead? No, neither. He could just be living out his life, or cursed, or drinking at a tavern.

Plus, we could totally just see the back of an extra to play Emma in some scenes. Not like it's impossible.

Just a bit ranty because the fandom seems to polarize themselves between two options all the time when there are a whole spectrum of possibilities. Oh my god, yes. This. They can have a bunch of ways to explain Emma not being seen. People shouldn't freak out until they confirm she is dying or something that would "ruin the show" for people.