Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24674051-20170113184853/@comment-25926288-20170113194117

I only use reboot because it sounds fun. It's more likely to reset the direction everything was going, like setting up new overarching stories for characters, the formulaic seasons, etc. They could also be establishing new characters and such. I was never on the boat that they would do such a thing, but it seems more likely.

I would just hope it sets up new things for the characters. Emma needs to move past accepting things. Regina needs to do something besides irrational blaming, while moping about life. Rumple needs real change outside of Belle. They could also treat the secondary core cast as so...secondary. But for the sake of being redundant, I think everyone survives (lest Rumple is being written off.)