Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-31937823-20180212040050/@comment-31231929-20180309050408

I like Ella/Jace and her relationship with Henry so it really sucks that neither has gotten much development. I think the writer's might have given up on developing Ella/Henriella because neither had a hugely positive response. So they decided to switch tactics and focus on a different couple in the second half. I personally believe this wasn't the right choice to make and that they needed to actually show Ella's backstory and not just tell us.

It is entirely possible this was their plan all along. But if so, why have Ella be the female lead if she is just going to get little development? I kind of think the writers fell back on the old mains as leads instead of developing Henry, Ella, and maybe Tiana as their new leads because the old mains are familiar and popular with the audience. However, this hurts the writing of the season because it means the old leads get all the development and action and the actual current leads get very little. There are 11 episodes left so maybe Ella will get a backstory episode even if she isn't the main focus of that episode.