Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-34924658-20160424072418/@comment-25375217-20160424194610

I have an idea for something I want to do on the forums now xD I might do it later today...
 * 1) Hades - Nothing can touch him as far as we know right now. He loves Zelena, but you can't hold her against him because if you kill her, he just ends up being with her for all eternity. Just a slight change in plans for him. He can't do anything outside of the Underworld, but nothing can be done to him either, so.
 * 2) Rumplestiltskin - Not for his 4B appearance, but for his 5B appearance and in general. He kinda triggered all the horrible things that happen to the characters (although his horribleness was triggered by Malcolm and Milah, so you could blame them too.) Plus, with all the power of all the Dark Ones, he's got to be a huge threat now if he actually cared enough to try.
 * 3) Emma - I agree with your logic. She doesn't have Rumple's 5B power or his mastery at scheming, so she's lower than him, but she's above Nimue for the emotional challenge she raised for the heroes. Although, she never really went dark...
 * 4) Nimue/Hook/Other Dark Ones - For the immortality and general Dark Oneness. The Dark One has always been shown as the baddest as the bad, so Dark Ones gotta be pretty high on the list.
 * 5) Cora - Power? Check. Temper? Check. Emotional connection to hero? Check. Cora is honestly the perfect idea of a terrible villain, and she does it well. And she's still pretty cool even with her heart back. So that helps.
 * 6) Zelena - Zelena was able to break the "laws" of magic, beat up Regina, and dodge death. And she was awesome doing it.
 * 7) Regina - Only below Zelena because before she went hero Zelena was able to beat her up no problem, and we're talking villains here, so she's not using light magic. But she's intimidating, clever, and has no loved ones that are her weakness until Henry. So she's pretty awesome.
 * 8) Peter Pan - Although I don't see him as being as powerful as some of the other villains, he did raise the emotional challenge in Rumple and Neal like Emma did, so that gives him some Badness points. Plus, he dodged death a bunch. And is still planning on doing it again. (Let's see what happens tonight.)
 * 9) Isaac - You didn't actually list him, but I think he counts since he's a side villain in most of 4B and the main villain of the finale. Anyway, as long as he has his quill he's pretty unstoppable. Unfortunately, he's willing to give all his power away for a little bit of fame. We know he can control the Apprentice though, so give him a little bit of warning before you book 'im and keep Merlin locked inside the tree, and he'll take out the Apprentice with one fell swoop (at the end of his cursive sentence) and anyone else that attempts to stop him a few seconds later. Until he becomes famous.
 * 10) Arthur - Arthur is the master of manipulation. He's great at looking like a hero even when he's a villain - they had to write scenes specifically to show his villainy in order to make it clear that he is one. He loses points for his lack of actual ability to accomplish anything, though. He had to hire Zelena.
 * 11) The QoD - I also ranked them separately, but as a group they'd be about here. They have some amazing power, but with Cruella's lack of ability to kill, Ursula's general uselessness, Maleficent's likelihood of giving up (see below for more on them individually), and them really just not getting along very well, they're too likely to end up going off on their own before their team-upness can accomplish anything, which leaves us with... well, see below.
 * 12) Ingrid - She's a pretty formidable threat, but she's a little too nice to be a real villain. She's not really evil, just really insane. I mean, they defeated her with kind words.
 * 13) Maleficent - I could quote Lily here, but I don't like to swear. Unfortunately, Mal too easily gives up on her villainy, and never does much beyond putting people to sleep and occasionally roasting others. So she's not a huge threat.
 * 14) Cruella - Ranked underneath Maleficent solely because she can't actually kill anyone anymore. If she could kill people she'd be a huge threat. Also she's awesome.
 * 15) Greg and Tamara - They were normal humans, so they weren't a huge threat. But they could manipulate pretty okayish, and Tamara had whatever the heck that taser was.
 * 16) Ursula - What can she actually do? Grab things with her tentacles? So her fight would consist of long-range boxing? We never saw her do anything terrible either, and, like Ingrid, just a dash of sentimentality took her down.