Board Thread:Fanon: Season 8 & Beyond/@comment-25551215-20180529024627/@comment-25551215-20181227023542

 ‘Once Upon a Time’ expands roles of Mombi and Moana 

News has just come in from the Enchanted Forest – Mombi (Jenna Coleman) and Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) are sticking around. Both characters, initially slated for short appearances, are getting expanded roles in the eighth and final season. Mombi, initially intended for a single-episode appearance, will be returning in the Ruby-centric episode, “The Girl in the Red Cloak”, and the twenty-first and twenty-second episodes, titled “World Enough and Time” and “At Last Ever After”. Mombi’s connection to Ruby and her allies Dorothy and Mulan will be revealed when flashbacks take viewers back to the Land of Untold Stories, where she threatens to separate them forever unless they give her Zelena’s whereabouts. She will also return in the finale as part of the Blue Fairy’s master plan to gain absolute power as the world ends.

As for Moana, the latest Disney princess – played by her voice actress from the movie – will be appearing in the remaining few episodes of the season, barring the seventeenth episode guest starring Jenna Coleman’s fellow Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker as the Storyteller. Moana appears starting with the 18th episode, teaming up with Rogers, Tilly, and Margot, trying to find the Blue Fairy so she can pay for her past sins. In the Moana-centric 19th episode, the unexpected reason for Moana’s hatred of the Blue Fairy is revealed – we won’t spoil much, but we can certainly say that Moana is pretty familiar with fairies. She also appears in the three-part finale, aiding the heroes (including Snow White, Prince Charming, Emma Swan, Hook, Regina, Robin Hood, Belle, and Rumplestiltskin, all of whom appear in all three parts), and is vital what with her intimate knowledge of the Blue Fairy.

Stay tuned for more information as Once Upon a Time’s final season continues.