Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151211170125/@comment-25926288-20160615113426

PrettyBlackRosePirate wrote: The thing is, I feel that the overall quality of show degraded from season 4. It was disappointing.

But exclusively blaming Captain Swan for it is hardly fair. I found every ship annoying in season 4. Which is why I put blame on the writers instead of the characters.

I find it unfair to go and shout CS ruined OUaT just because you don't like the ship. Say trying to carry on love stories which had reached a dead end ruined OUaT, I'll agree. Say putting too much focus on a few characters ruined OUaT, I'll agree. But blaming a ship for regression in character personality, when it had been something common in majority of characters related or unrelated to the ship, is something I won't agree with. Well, speaking for myself, I would completely agree. No one relationship or one item "ruined" the show. The only thing that ruins this show is bad writing and poor decisions.

Blaming a "ship" or the writing of that "ship" for the degradation of a character is totally founded. Currently, Rumple and Belle's relationship makes Belle look like some weird enabler in denial. It also makes the "heroes" look uncaring and dismissive of Belle because they weren't planning on telling Belle about her husband's treachery and they don't care that she (not Rumple!) is stuck in a terrible, terrible curse.

Robin Hood having little of no character and the relationship being between Regina and a cardboard cut out called Robin Hood is the best way to describe this situation. No clue what they have in common because Robin really has no case to make besides "bold and audacious' and a ton of ignorance.

So, yes, I can blame a "ship" and the writing of that "ship" that led to such wonderful, wacky things.