Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11058666-20150819040345/@comment-25926288-20150820024202

DavidTennantismyAngel wrote: Actually, you're right. S4 has made it hard for me to like anyone, including Regina. I really thought she changed in S3, but as soon as Marian came back and "destroyed" her happiness, she did bad things. Same here. While many things makes sense, I feel that the character development went random and contrived for the plot.

Emma went through becoming Elsa simply because they wanted to parallel Frozen even though Emma showed not lack of control of her powers and did great for an entire season beforehand. She then became a petulant, annoying brat in 4b. I mean she's 30 years old, not Henry! She should put some walls up and move on past it.

Snow went from best friend to emerging mother into a crazy light and goodness extremist, scaring her daughter and messing with other people's babies, which doesn't really seem like her whatsoever. I mean she was always about hope and faith, but apparently that went out the door in season 4. She's not bandit Snow, nor is she Mary Margaret, but some dimwitted light purist and can't even let that way of thinking go.

David had actually grown from background of 2b into a good, valiant character, facing his fears that we've never really seen before. He was seen as an equal partner to Snow, in decision making and taking action. Somehow, he became the enabler to Snow's "pure goodness" logic and really didn't show their equality and wonderful dynamic. Don't get me started on Snow blaming both of them for things she clearly did herself.

Regina. All was pretty much said already.

Rumple. He became a two dimensional villain for some reason for much of the season. He reegressed but wonderfully so, but I blame that on the plot.

Hook is the opposite of Rumple whereas he progress decently. Emma looked like some weird stalkerish obsession for Hook and he's slowly actually loving her more than obsessing about her. I'm finally seeing the relationship....but he's been involved with many idiotic plots of random cursed body part.

Belle just never gets a good chance.

Henry is largely unseen.

Robin is a disgrace to the name Robin Hood. I like him, but it seems as if Regina only brings out the worst in him, while he does the opposite for her. My major issue with them is I don't know why Regina loves Robin. It seems that Regina loves Robin because a fairy told her so, nothing else. I can see why Robin loves her, beautiful, motherly, bold, audacious, and trusting him when he's a complete stranger, but Robin pretty much let her down time and time again. I can't see why sh keeps going back to him other than because pixie dust said this is your happiness. Please give him a character besides love interest. He has his fatherly thing, but he dumps Roland on Little John so much I might have to take away tjhat credit I give to him.

Anyway, Rumple is my favorite for ho complex he is. I think it's Robert Carlyle's acting that even after Rumple deceiving Belle and how Belle would have little self-respect to crumble to his needs, he stil can make me feel sad for him. "Who could ever love me?" Even if he should have learned tht two seasons ago, it still touches me. Regina is as well, but less so do to this weird "I'm a hero" Regina that does terribly evil things still. 3a Regina doing questionable things I liked, but at least she didn't proclaim she's a hero. Zelena is also growing on me with her being pretty much Cora Lite. Regina is Cora and Henry in which we see the worst in her versus the best in her, but Zelena is Cora and Jonathan and both are just terrible people.