Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20160225003107/@comment-27060727-20160506211803

Farerb wrote: again with the Hook not coming back. There are spoiler images of him coming back! in 521, 522 and 523.

He's coming back. They won't make two major characters leave the show, Especially not ones that are involved with a romantic love interest because NO MORE SHIP!! (The end of the world) plus Hook is fanservice, his time on the show was up two seasons ago and he is still here, this time won't be any different.  Writers keeping a character on the show because they intend to have him be the love interest of the show's main character isn't exactly "fanservice." They set it up in 2x06 - his third episode of the show. Colin was promoted to a regular before any of his episodes even aired. And yes, if they didn't intend for Hook to have any future on the show, his last regular appearance would have probably been 3x12. But it wasn't, because the writers decide when a character's time is up and it clearly wasn't then. So many people have complained about so many different things over the years that I'm pretty sure the writers have just been moving along with their vision, for better or for worse. I don't think they care.

And as a general thing, while this show technically has 10 mains or w/e, there is really only one central character and that's Emma Swan. The writers have said time and time again that this show is about her journey to a happy ending. If you are her son, her parents, or her TL, you're not going anywhere. Additionally, if you're not one of the above but are a long-term key player of the show with connections to multiple people, a.k.a. Rumple and Regina, you're probably also safe and will get a good amount of focus, though a happy ending isn't promised. (They're always promoting "hope" though, lol) Who's left? Robin, Belle, and Zelena - the three mains who have no real connection to Emma. With Robin and Belle, the writers haven't made any effort over the last 3-4 seasons to connect them to mains besides their love interest, which is a real shame but that makes them more disposable. Looks like one of them will be gone in 5x21. I don't expect them to ever kill Belle, but she can be easily written off the show at any moment she's not "on" with Rumple. Zelena could drop dead next week and I wouldn't be surprised.