Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25491743-20160509174302/@comment-24276151-20170504032938

Killing Hades ruined it. Gods just shouldn't be killed, especially not by mortals (which makes me think the Crystal just shouldn't exist, or should only be in Zeus' hands). Nearly everything else was amazing, although Pan and Cora should have had much more to do (would have been good to see Pan try to compete with Hades), the Zelena/Hades storyline was wonderful (until they ruined it by destroying him) although I notice he doesn't really do that much else once he meets her - he seems to be doing a lot (Underbrooke, using Gold, the Portal, hiding pages) all for her, when I think he should be doing it more for himself (although that was probably the point of Firebird, showing that he was playing everyone all so he could gain unlimited power), and he was at his best when he was by himself using the Underworld elements to his advantage and boasting about it. Finale was such an anticlimax without him and Henry actually got me pissed. Why end this great arc by killing off the best thing about it and replacing it with "waaah I wanna destroy magic again because it ruins lives it killed my daaad it killed Robbiiiiiinnn" No it didn't. Zelena killed Neal and Hades killed Robin one single episode ago, Einstein. I think perhaps the best way to end it would have been Zeus refusing to kill Hades but taking the crystal back and putting his brother in the River of Lost Souls - wouldn't kill him, but he wouldn't be allowed to leave without Zeus' permission. Hyde watches the heroes return to Storybrooke, only he's watching through a mirror/portal/crystal ball/some junk.