Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26580042-20151012230058

So there's an obvious fact on Ruby, Mulan, etc. (some of which will return). But did they just forget about some characters the show?

Maleficent and Lily - Emma promised Lily that she would find her father. What the heck happened to that storyline? I know only 3 episodes have been shown so far but like? No mention of them whatsoever. And it's been more than a week (chronologically because Lily said she was only going to stay for a week) so no character development there. Plus, no Maleficent backstory on Briar Rose and Stefan. Makes me wonder if that's important. I know it's only been 3 episodes so far in Season 5 but I had to address this.

Anastasia/Red Queen and WIll Scarlet/Knave of Hearts - Will was demoted to recurring character but wtf they literally didn't mention anything about Anastasia. They only left us off with Will getting drunk and stealing the Alice in Wonderland book because Anastasia was in a page. We also see that Will is back in Storybrooke. Why? OUATIW takes place during OUAT Season 2 so why is he here anyways? Did something happen in Wonderland that we don't know. When are Will and Ana going to reunite?

Aurora, Philipp, and Baby - Did they forget they had a baby or they just decided they weren't going to have big roles? Like if you're going to write a prenancy either make the baby important or don't write a baby. Because if you're going to write two pregnancies at the same time, you're going to leave the fans wondering if Aurora is important.

Neal (Baby) - I feel Neal needs to be important I mean I know that he's just a baby and there's no character development but can the baby at least be a plot device like in Season 3. Make him somehow important.

Dwarves - I'm actually pretty Happy (pun intended) that they got a bigger role this season. They literally were just background characters, and if they're just background characters then why was there a need for a Grumpy flashback.

I don't think I covered everyone but these were the characters that were well needed here in my opinion. 