Board Thread:Fanon: Season 8 & Beyond/@comment-34684159-20180529131217/@comment-34684159-20180614232405

'Once Upon a Time' gets back to its old ways ABC's Once Upon a Time has recently announced an unusual return: however, it's not a character return - not yet, anyway. We were exclusively told that the eighth season of the show will bring its old formula back.

Back when Once Upon a Time started, we were presented to different versions of the story we grew up reading. Each week, a new twist on a fairy tale was presented to us -- whether it was a new chapter on the Snow White story, or it a brand new backstory to Jiminy Cricket or a retelling of Hansel and Gretel, we were always discovering another side of our beloved tales.

When later season came out, most fairytales were already done - and the "weekly twist" formula was abandoned. However, in Season Seven, we were presented to new versions of characters we already knew, getting another iterations of Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland (and other places!), Rapunzel and others.

So, when OUAT starts its Season Eight, you can be prepared that you'll get to see more and more twists on the stories, whether it's a tale that was never featured or a new iteration. We can tease that some of the stories that will be featured in the first half are: "Goldilocks", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Puss in Boots", a new iteration of the "Jack and the Beanstalk" story, and more insight on already-mentioned-but-never-shown tales, such as Cinderella's time as a maid to her wicked stepmother, and Alice's trip to Wonderland, which we can also reveal will be featured on episode 5, "Guardian of Hearts".

The eighth season of Once Upon a Time premieres on the OUAT Wiki on June 22, 2018.