Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34924658-20170504173357/@comment-34924658-20180301234505

DeviousPeep wrote: Tysonjackson wrote: I'm removing Arthur from my season 5. Nimue and Emma are, imo, the main villians. Emma was the person they were trying to stop for the first eight episodes, then for the final two we deal with Hook, who is being manipulated by Nimue. Arthur wasn't a problem after Bear King and Hook was clearly being manipulated. He even turned against Nimue in the end. While technically, Nimue and the Dark Ones as a whole are the main villains but she's the leader and boss so she is the "de-facto" one. Rather than Nimue and Emma, you should just say "The Darkness" as that's what the characters were really up against. The shows treats it more as though Emma was possessed/manipulated rather than acting out her own wishes. As for Nimue, she's only in three episodes and the "big bad" of one of them. Just listing "The Darkness" is the best way to include Nimue, Emma, and Hook without having to name one, two or all three of them since all three are debatable. The characters facing "The Darkness", whether that's trying to save Emma from it or eradicate it entirely, is the only real consistency. Nimue/The Darkness had plans for Emma but she didn’t necessarily follow them. She was acting and manipulating on her own, such as trying to kill Belle and kidnap Zelena, etc. So I think she should be counted on her own, even if we counted the Darkness as a whole. But I do think Nimue would count best because it’s shown clearly that she has control over the Dark Ones. Such as her getting Hook to cast the curse for her and ordering him and the others around once she enters Storybrooke.