Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25375217-20150711180920/@comment-24950802-20150716162938

It's also a fair assumption to presume that she's coming back based on that very article. From what we can tell, no one inquired about Red, a character who has been noticeably absent for an extended period of time, and yet the showrunner threw her name up in the air with nonchalance, of course people are gonna be up in arms about it over the possible return of a fan favorite. And let me tell you this, if it really means nothing, then it further confirms what I have long been saying, that these showrunners are just straight-up BAD at their jobs, don't mess with your fans' minds like that... Seriously, they continually slap us in the face with their teases and set-ups. I should just stop reading their interviews... And it's not that we are the ones stretching things. If you mention Ruby pictured with Merida in an article, people are gonna expect them to co-star. If you say Will is going to have a surprising connection to a season 1 character, people are not gonna think Belle, they're gonna think Cinderella or something (they probably just dropped that altogether tbf). If they confirm Archie is gonna have to watch his back now that Cruella is in town, people will expect Archie to be featured in S4B.

It's fair to presume Red will return based on that article. Is it safe? Given their history, hell no.