Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-34657163-20180311191124/@comment-1916997-20180402121348

Aine1989 wrote: Something hit me when I was talking on the Ella forum. When s7 first started, they had 9 main characters, and then it went up to 10 when Gothel was introduced, then along came Robin and Zelena, up to 12, and then Ana came in, 13. And while Tremaine, Drizella and Ana's exists have made it go down to 10, that is still a very heavy main cast. One of the things that hurt the "original" show was the fact they had too many regulars and storylines (I think in s5 they had 10, and then down to 9 for s6). They cannot balance all these arcs, so some characters, like Ella and Tiana, are being left behind. Your including guest stars in your main cast, strickly speaking, the main cast is only 7 (8 when Tremaine was on). Guest stars have always been important to Once though, so even if you include them, it isn't like this is specifically a Season 7 problem.