Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25375217-20171202221920/@comment-25926288-20180109010855

Time for my positively downer opinions! XD

I think a season 8 has great potential to surpass season 7. With the facade of seasons past done away with, I believe that the show can truly focus on a unique story.

...but I don't share a lot of wishful thinking.

I do believe that we will probably have:

Henry, Regina, Ella, Lucy, Tiana, certainly

Alice, Robin, Hook, possibly

I sort of see Colin and Lana in a similar situation. They could go, but I guess this is a steady paycheck.

Narrative-wise, besides the notion of fanservice-y things, Rogers really has nothing going on. He's a smaller version of Hook with a quicker redemption story. I think Colin's having fun with the character, but the character really has nowhere to go.

Another possibly unpopular move is that I would push Regina into the second rung and keep her there. I expect that it will not happen as the show needs strong pillars and Regina continues to be a strong pillar; however, I think that like in seasons prior (with main Hook) that they possibly harm more than they help the characters around them.

Ex. Henry and Regina have great scenes, yet Regina appears more like the main character than Henry as she undetakes the biggest role in a major story arc, while Henry does not.

I don't know whether Alice and Robin would stay. Adam and Eddy do weird things, so I can't expect much in this regard.

Tiana is also a weird conundrum as she'll get more involvement in the story, but I don't see her contuniance as warranted unless to keep a rung of secondary main characters.

Plot: The real world notices. This would save money if the flashbacks and present day are all just in HH and "American" cities with less whimsy and magic (except they should have limited magic). Probably have a magical big bad that is an impending threat, but the real world and the normies have separated them and prevent them from preparing for it.

Or Ella dies and Nick, Henry's best friend helps him as he's a greiving single father, while "bad things happen"...(joking)