Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25491743-20190113164639/@comment-1581533-20190114171035

Schroeswald wrote: I think the problem is that they just didn’t have enough time to tell the stories they needed to tell in every season after S1 because of the split arcs, almost every half-season (except 4A) could have been an entire season and would be improved. Agreed with this, I don't gey why they chose to split arcs.

Yeah, 4A is the only one which didn't need a full season and totally worked as a 12 episode story.

However every other arc should have been fleshed much more:

- 3A: I wanted to see Bae's life on Neverland, how he escaped, how and why Tinkerbell exactly reached Neverland, possibly more about Lost boys etc.

- 3B: I like the way they tied Oz into the show, but imagine how many more stories they could have told in Oz, like explaining whatever happened to the other witches, have Dorothy stay longer in Oz, tell more about Zelena's life and her trying to cast the time travel spell, more about the missing year (seriously, what were the heroes up to for 8 months? Just letting time fly by?)

- 4B: There were so many stories they could tell. Isaac's story, for example, and delving into the author's mythology for real (why does the role exist, how are they chosen, who were previously authors, how much freedom does the author actually have). This would have been the perfect chance to tell Sleeping Beauty's story, why Maleficent hated Briar Rose so much, how Aurora and Phillip first met, actually have Aurora sacrifice to save her kingdom, how Aurora and Mulan saved Phillip's soul, etc. Show more about Cruella (how she reached to Enchanted Forest, for example) and Ursula (actually show why she was considered a villain and what she did before meeting the Queen of Darkness) and, most importantly, who the Queen of Darkness were (like, what did they do in Enchanted Forest? What were they trying to achieve? What were they after? Show us something!).

- 5A: I don't even know where to start with this. What a mess. There were so many Arthurian legends they could tell, yet they had to squeeze in another curse. I know Lily's actress was pregnant, but a really missed opportunity was her being the Savior since she was meant to be Emma's opposite (and Emma was the Dark One in this arc). Tell us more about Merlin and his Apprentice, how Nimue passed down the role of Dark One and so on. Shaking my head.

- 5B: They could have shown us Hades' story, his relationship with the Gods and his nephew, actually show us Hercules' labours, delve more into the Underworld mythology (for example, are there multiple underworlds? where do people from the Land without Magic go?)

- 6A: Missed opportunities: Aladdin's story, Savior's mythology (who are the Saviors? how many are there? how are they chosen?)

- 6B: Showing who the Black Fairy was, what she wanted to achieve, why she didn't try to return to Rumple

I've already spoken about Season 7 in the How could season 7 have been better? thread.