Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26225812-20150611110107/@comment-24674051-20150622213405

Eskaver wrote: NickyHelp wrote:

Eskaver wrote: To stifle this debate, two arcs doesn't mean to separate and unrelated and self contained stories. Season 4 was about finding the Author, What a makes a hero? What makes a villain? What would you do for the ones you love? This was over the course of two arcs. Different plot, but same themes that carried over.

Gnattygan, please use smaller paragraphs to alleveiate the wall of text it creates. But otherwise, this debate has ended. I see what you are saying Eskaver. The First three seasons seem to have one unique plotline. Season 1: break the curse and believe season 2: Magic is coming season 3: Where Emma still struggles about being an orphan and finds a home. Yes, themes carry over, but the story line changes. Even if they search for Emma, it will still be a 5a arc and so will searching for Merlin. However, 5b might be saving Emma from the Darkness and finding ways to banish or kill it.

It won't be a big one long season like 1 or 2 which just had a random break and the story just continued as if nothing happened. So, season 5b doesn't actually habve to include Camelot at all, which is what I am predicting because there's no way we will get Camelot flashbacks for 18-20 episodes (We always have some unrelated flashbacks.) We may not get camelot FLASHBACK for 18-20 episodes. However, depending on how they are going to do the story, we could get  18-20 episodes in present day. They could go with an early season 2 format, where they show present day Storybrooke, Present Day EF/Camelot/other realm, and still have a flashback. That format could work really well with the right story lines.

We already know that we are getting one Rumple flashback early in the season (since they are casting Evanna). Whether that ties into Camelot remains to be seen.

Other flashbacks that I see coming in the next season (at some point) -

1. Flashback to Merlin during his initial encounter with the Darkness. (That could almost be a whole episode in itself).

2. 1 or 2 Arthur/Round Table/Camelot flashbacks. Maybe with a return of Lancelot?

3. Mulan, and Li Shaing. (Prediction that Li Shaing is one of the other Knights of the Round Table (KOTR) )

4. Zelena in Oz (Post Rumple training, but Pre Glinda and Amulet).

5. David, pre-snow, perhaps defending his farm, and meeting one of the KOTR that helps him and teaches him.

6. Snow White and her previous meeting with Lancelot (It was hinted back in season 2).

7. Killian, Liam and their Father.

8. Maleficent with whoever is Lily's father.

9. Flashback to one or more of the previous Dark Ones.

I'll add others if I think of them. (Keep in mind these are predictions, not certainties).