Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4637931-20180513150817/@comment-25375217-20180515165229

The character arc resolution for our mains was fine in Season 6. There was certainly more that they could add -- Emma and Hook having a baby, Regina finding love again and/or firmly confirming herself as a hero, Zelena getting her magic back, Henry growing up and having a family, Rumple getting rid of the Darkness, etc. -- but it wasn't necessary.

That said, the "final battle" of Season 6 was a huge disappointment (and deus ex machina/plot inconsistency trainwreck) and I much prefer the final battle of Season 7. The Black Fairy had potential as the creator of the curse and the mother of Rumple, but seeing as we didn't find out there was a different creator of the curse until Season 3(?), her character arc was complete nonsense, and her defeat was embarrassingly easy, it didn't work. Plus we had Henry literally reviving Emma with TLK. Somehow.

Wish Realm weirdness aside, the final battle of the series is against a version of the ex-Savior and Dark One without hope and a version of the Author and the Heart of the Truest Believer with nothing to believe in? It comes perfectly full circle and tests two of the key components of the series: Rumple, the eternal darkness of the show, and Henry, the eternal light. With a nice little tidbit for Regina (facing a cruel act she performed in the name of "goodness"). Plus, it actually reconciles characters from across the whole series (even if most of them are Wish Realm versions) instead of just a few characters from Season 6 only (...meaning Aladdin and Jasmine. With cameos by Tinker Bell and Sven.)