Board Thread:Fanon: Season 8 & Beyond/@comment-32423680-20180709051349/@comment-10663213-20181125045304

Once Upon a Great Adventure season 1: A season made of ups and downs

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By Matheus Ribeiro

When I first heard about this spin-off, I was a bit worried about one thing: the plot. Tiana needs to rescue Naveen and teams up with Captain Hook, Ariel, Fairy Mary and Mama Odie to save him from Doctor Facilier. It seemed - and it is - a simple plot, so simple that could be sorted out in 1 or 2 episodes, and I was afraid that the plot would complicate itself too much. And, unfortunately, it happened.

When I read the season premiere, I was instantly hooked by its plot, and it remained in that way... Until the sixth episode of the season. After that, the plot completely lost itself, to the point that, when we finally got to the season finale, Naveen wasn't rescued at all, thus making this entire journey pointless. It really disappointed me. Another complain that I have - while this is not something that made me take points - was how connected it was to Once Upon a Time. It has episodes that, if you didn't watched the latest season of Once Upon a Time, you wouldn't understand a thing, like the one with Wish Regina, Grace and Jefferson. The last complain that I have about the season is a huge one: the characters. Some characters seemed like generic versions of each other and, some of them had childish attitudes like all the time, with Flounder outstanding as one of the worst characters I've seen on my entire life. It also had lots of characters with zero development.

And while it had all those major problems, it also had lots of qualities. Tiana, Ariel, and mainly, Doctor Facilier, were amazingly handled. Facilier's reveal in the fifth episode of the season was incredible, in a way that he wasn't handled in the seventh season of the main show. Syrena was also an incredible addition to this universe and, I really wish to see more from her. I also enjoyed visiting different places on the huge universe of the show. The Storybrooke scenes were really cool. The great adventure of their lives had an awesome and consistent start, that was probably my favorite of the entire spin-off. Another part of the story that was well-handled was the Tiana-Hook-Ariel love triangle. It didn't felt forced, or anything like this. It felt natural and certainly well done. Another thing that was well done was the Syrena and Arista romance. It felt natural and I was heartbroken when Arista died. She was a really interesting character and I wish we had seen more from her.

With all that said, let's see what's next on the Once Upon a Time universe with the latter half of season 8 and the second season of Once Upon a Great Adventure, that leaves me wondering: Is a second season really necessary? Guess we'll find out soon.

FINAL GRADE: 3,5/5,0