Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3481504-20160502003842/@comment-26159109-20160502220702

ImperiexSeed wrote: I would love it if he was insanely powerful and I would still be invested. And like I said, a villain can be insanely powerful and still be beatable. How Hades' character was handled in episode 20 really made me lose all interest in his character, as he was supposed to be the King of Hell, and Rumple and Pan were badmouthing and bossing him around in his own domain. Doesn't at all strike me as powerful.

I think it's because no one understands his motivation. He got what he wanted, he's able to leave the Underworld (permanently cause otherwise it would not be convenience to the plot) and he still decided to screw the herocrytes. Why? What did it get him? Other than being a jerk? Recently all their villains are evil for evil's sake - Rumple, Arthur, Nimue, Hades. What happened to complexity we used to see in s1 Regina and Rumple, s2 Cora, s3 Pan and s4 Ingrid. Why should I care about those a-holes who don't even have a reason to act that way?!?