Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20160117070033/@comment-26159109-20160401184226

Bot of Solitude wrote: It's not a kid's show, and has never been pushed as such (and by that I mean ABC, the creators and writers, etc, have never claimed it was a kid's show or given that implication). ABC does not air children's programming in primetime. Sounds like your examples don't realize that, or assumed "Fairytales = for kids!" which we know is patently false. I never said "fairytales = kids", I don't even think that "Disney = kids". Season 1 was not aimed for children, but like it or not they dumbed the show down and stripped every complexity away. In season 1 characters actually delt with real human conflicts that can't be fixed by bolts of purple light, it delt with relatable conflicts and complicated relashionships, while season 5 everything is fixed by dues ex machina loophole, characters rarely have mature dialogues, the romances are shallow and there's magic everywhere - that's what makes it immature, not the fairytale part and not even the Disney part.