Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-34657163-20180311191124/@comment-34657163-20180511201857

Since the main plot of season seven is over, I figured I'd revamp my changes, while still generally following the plot we were given per episode:

Hyperion Heights - Uh....really could have been much stronger uh.....

A Pirate's Life - Shouldn't have centered Hook & Nook so much; should have had that as more of a minor subplot and then have the switch emphasized, then the flashback could have really been an Emma sendoff. The present day needed work too... it was so generic, cheesy, and unspecial. Hook & Nook as a subplot of the flashback could have simply been

Nook waltzes in after getting summoned, and says he's gonna show he's better than Hook (and is really embarassing and quirky, tries to use magic to look better but she could tell)

He utterly flops, but then Emma suggests for him to go with Henry–the end!

The Garden of Forking Paths - Ok... this one needed major changes: could have just shown Tremaine becoming increasingly mean, calling her Cinderella, also showing her treatment of Drizella (subtle foreshadowing!), and building to the point of her being enraged over Ella's existence and Ella gets really sad (although...not really sure if Dania can pull that off :c ). For the present day... I barely remember it actually... there was that shady guy? and the garden? and jumping in mines? Yeah, b o r  i n g. Plus, both Ella and Jacinda making bad choices is pretty hopeless (she makes the right choice AFTER flopping? she already flopped in the past!).

Beauty - just show them travelling :(((((((( It would have been so much more meaningful, and they still could have worked the Guardian into it.

Greenbacks - needed more of a story... could have just skipped the "I'm trapped and need help!" thing with Facilier overall, and instead made his conflict different (what if he had like...hypnosis? or actually used the voodoo dolls to physically control them?). It really should have been a more interesting Princess and the Frog story...

Wake Up Call - p a c i n g

Eloise Garbage - (the present day wasn't too bad ig otherwise...) lol

Pretty In Blue - Ella story setting up towards the events of Hyperion Heights! Honestly, an actual Latina Cinderella story would have been so special. Jack should have shown signs of being shady and stuff, but super subtly.

One Little Tear - uh...this mainly fixes itself if 703 & 708 were changed.

The Eighth Witch - suffers so much from getting all the important info dumped into lol. There was no point in reshowing the 621/22 scenes either...

Secret Garden - nitpick: Robin starting a mean girl but gradually showing signs of (humility?) could have been shown stronger. Otherwise...I really liked this episode???

Taste of the Heights - Facilier's costume... otherwise...I kinda liked this one too?

Knightfall - Smee's age LOL. I think it would have been cool if Eloise partially woke up Rogers, so that he'd secretly know that Tilley was his daughter...but that would be it!

The Girl in the Tower - Fixing Robin... really liked this one too otherwise! It had that sequelish vibe but still felt like a fairy-tale...

Sisterhood - random flashback which was good ig, but should have had more actual coven significance. Felt like it was meant to hit us over the head that Nick who is Jack is Hansel.

Breadcrumbs - Great present day! Flashback should have just been something else entirely because imo, it felt totally irrelevant (Henry development should be a plus ig, but then he went OOC???).

Chosen - Good! Besides Lana's sordid amount of shapes, that dull knife, and TWO pov shots, it was good. Missed oppurtunity was definitely Kelly apologizing to Weaver though.

The Guardian - really don't have much to change; maybe Samdi explications (it also would have been more rewarding with OG Hook but that's an entirely different topic).

Flower Child - major technical errors: time & seting lol, questionable choices involving costumes vs makeup, the witches (easily could have been copped out with "Tilley is the guardian! She has the power of four because she can!").

Is This Henry Mills - Eloise turned into a tree in -2 seconds.