Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5094906-20141119193942/@comment-5106672-20141121043625

I've thinking about that, and so far I'm still between cautiousness and mild curiosity about that. On the one hand, they can't keep pulling new villains off after one another like they did so far, so having a bunch working together would be refreshing. On the other, it might end up continuing with the main problem with the latest arcs, which is they focus too much on characters and not enough on the storylines.

Season One had a perfect balance of compelling characters and a compelling storyline. Season Two (with the exception of the home office fiasco) did too, although it became a bit contrived at times. But then, Season 3A had no storyline whatsoever (and what little there was was ridden of plotholes) and was held up single-handedly by Peter Pan, who was a truly great character. Season 3B had the missing year as a compelling storyline, but again, it was mainly held up by Zelena, another great character, and her showdown with Regina. Now, the Frozen Arc is not forwarding the general plot that much, except for some retconning, and is again mainly held up by the characters. It's Zelena's storyline 2.0 made interesting by its great characters, I'm really enjoying it, but most of Storybrooke outside of the Frozen entourage is invisible.

So, adding three iconic villains all at once might very well result in another arc that focuses more on them than the story itself. Anyways, E&A always find a way to make things work, so I'm quite hopeful nonetheless.