Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1916997-20170530164639/@comment-1916997-20170602142233

Zalvukalic wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Aine1989 wrote: Lola987 wrote: I thought it was weird that they called Hook, Killian Jones, since that wasn't an established name, so I thought, there would be some connection to Davy Jones.

I really want a Maeficent backstory, because we can have a double oppurtunity (Briar Rose in flashbacks, and Lily's father in the present) - however, since there's been a timejump, I don't think we'll get to find out the identity of the father (I think maybe we'll see it in comic book form though) Can you imagine how great the Hook's father story would have been if they had taken the opportunity and made him Davy Jones? I mean seriously, imagine saying to a non OUAT viewer "Davy Jones is Captain Hook's father". Still, if they genderbent Jack and the Beanstalk they can do the same with Davy Jones.

I think the problem with comic books is that the majority of the audience probably don't know about them. I, and some of my fandom friends, didn't know they existed and haven't planned on reading them. So it would be resolving the story for about 1% of the viewing audience. Regardless of how many people read the comics, they are canon, and so would provide a canon explaination for things. Now if fans choose not to read the comics, that's on them. Fans aren't the only ones that watch the show, so does the normal audience. And they are major part of the people that watch the show. But on the other side, normal audience wouldn't even remember The side-plot of Lily's father and Dragon's daughter anyway Right, casual viewers aren't even going to care about that plot anyway. And at this point, I think it is only more hard core fans watching the show, most of the casual viewers seemed to have already dropped off at some point. Seriously, the two responces I get from people in real life is either: "Once Upon A Time. Oh, that's that Disney show, right? I've heard of it, but I haven't watched it." or "Once Upon A Time. Yeah, I used to watch. I got busy with [insert reason here], and stopped. I think the last thing I saw was [insert important thing from arc here]."