Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25551215-20160315233708/@comment-25926288-20160531171705

Hmcooper4 wrote: But, the flashbacks would not necessarily need to have a regular (and by regular, i really mean one of the mains) involved. The interaction could come in the present day, while the flashback could focus on the "character of the week". Particularly if the "character of the week" could end up being a recurring (though not main) character. For example, in Dreamy, the back story did not have any of the mains (though Belle would go on to become a main later). The back story focused on Dreamy/Grumpy/Leroy and Astrid/Nova. Minor interaction from Belle and the other dwarves (and I think maybe Blue as well, I don't recall off hand). So there was no main character in the flashback. Interaction (and character development) was between Mary Margaret and Leroy in the present. So something like this could work. It would just require the writers do a bit more work. Yes, yes, but as you said it requires more work. One of the major things you discount is that every week wasn't Dreamy. Dreamy was one of a bunch, not 9(ish) straight episodes of unrelated flashbacks.