Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170419212817/@comment-25733960-20170419234500

It's bad writing in most cases. They have to read the previous episode before writing one. I mean, it's impossible to write an ep without reading the  previous one.

I noticed the Bell/Rumple thing you mentioned but it is also noticeable with Hook and the rest of the gang,  especially David. They keep switching between "you are pirate" and "you've changed".

These inconsistencies usually happen between 2 characters. As you said Rumple-Belle, Zelena-Regina and, IMO, Hook-David. But this happens only because the plot needs it. Take Regina-Snow as an example. It's probably the best written pair in the show, because they have been in good terms since season 3 and you can see how they have gotten progressively closer as friends. But in the other mentioned cases, the plot needs them to have an argument or fight and they just fail to building it up properly. Like the Henry/Hook in 6x06. That thing just came and went to nowhere, and that was like a week after Heny went to the UW to save Hook.

In some other cases, the character is inconsistent because they have to keep said character in the same place. The Evil Queen flashbacks are the best example. She keeps realising or learning things but they can't make any real  progression with her because she needs to be in the same revenge mindset, otherwise she wouldn't have cast the curse in 1x01. That's why her character sems to be reset everytime she appears. And that's why I don't really get why they keep making EQ-centric flashbacks at this point. She can still appear as part of other character's flashback, like they did in Labor of Love. And I feel Hook is also starting to suffer from this in the flashbacks, but is not as bad as the EQ, who is like running in circles.