Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26376853-20150514104903/@comment-26376853-20150516150415

Hmcooper4 wrote: Let's start thinking outside the box. the Disney fairy tale adaptations are too restrictive, and most have female antagonists. And the ones that do have male antagonists would not work on the show (looking at you Scar and Shere Kahn).

As some have pointed out, going back to the more classic Arthurian legend gives us Mordred, who could possibly work. Sherlock Holmes would give us Moriarity. Treasure Island gives us Long John Silver. If they were to keep going with Robin Hood, they could possibly bring in Prince John.

Point is, there are plenty of available options, just look outside of Disney (or look at the source material for any remaining Disney, since in many cases the source material is much better than Disneyfied version). I also think that we've seen to much of Disney. Disney makes fairytales more for children (except for those live action movies like Maleficent (2014). In S4B they also did with Cruella, that was really good, except for her death. But I think that if the gang is busy with Emma being the new DO they can easily introduce a new big bad for S5B. There are lot's of untold tales, and tales told many times only told in very different ways