Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-34657163-20180329213328/@comment-25926288-20180329214208

I disagree. With what? The rigid structures given, not so much with the idea behind it.

I guess it’s more about Foreshadowing and Contrast. I would say that one can’t expect all things to be foreshadowed, but one could squeeze in a little “I’m not wicked” by Cora and “I don’t care if they turn me green” by Regina as some form of foreshadowing. At least, it shows that the writers were thinking about it.

Once sort of works being self-contained.

That’s it for the defense.

I actually think the show does do foreshadowing and contrast but to the opposite end which shouldn’t go unnoticed.

Question: Who could see the Underworld arc coming?

Well, it was said in 5x02, 5x09, 5x10 and 5x11.

Once tends to hit you over the head with the foreshadowing and the parallelism and the contrast. So, it actually happens, just not to the more subtle eye.

As for the flashbacks, they were exact contrast/parallels and that’s bordering kid’s cartoon style “The Moral of the Story is...”