Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20170910030941/@comment-5899967-20170910104059

Going by what the writers said:

- Lady Tremaine will be a unique villain as she doesn't have magic, but she is a strategist instead.

- A major LBGT storyline, which was never done on the show aside from 1 episode.

- Seattle is a big city compared to small town Storybrooke.

- There is a mix of fairy tale characters and real people in the neightborhood, which adds an element of mystery.

- The context of the curse is a bit different, Lady Tremaine is trying to kick out all the fairy tale characters from Hyperion Heights so they will disperse and never find each other.

- There are multiple curses this time, and the identity of those who cast them will be a mystery.

- They are not redoing the redemption stories for Rumple, Hook and Regina but starting new stories with them.

- It's the first time Regina and Hook have different identities.

- Brand new characters like Tiana.