Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20160402095124/@comment-24674051-20160421171317

First to the many comments about killing Rumple, or making Rumple the final Villain.

Thinking back to Camelot, one of the things that Merlin told Emma (and Belle seemed to somehow catch wind of) is Merlin's hope that some day there would be a person that was able to use the Dark power for good. In my view, that was a touch of foreshadowing, but it wasn't referring to Emma, it was referring to Rumple. The writers, I beleive, would have known that part of the endgame of the 5a arc was the return of the Dark Powers to Rumple. So I'm not seeing Rumple as the Big Bad. But that's just me.

As to the season 6 wishlist, I have 2 specific items I'd like to see resolved. 1 is some sort of LWC arc. The other is Lily. And while some may feel that Lily was a dropped arc or lost opportunity, I think the main reason it was bypassed was that the Actress was pregnant (something that seems to be a regular occurance with the women of Once), and therefore not availble for filming. Now that she's had her baby, she may be available to film the Lily/Maleficent/Dragon Daddy arc. And if they do, I hope they can also get Kristen back, do some stuff with the Briar Rose/Sleeping Beauty story, and also have something for Regina and Mal to take on together (maybe with Emma and Lily).