Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20161205084124/@comment-24674051-20161205185822

Overall, I liked 6A more than I have other previous seasons. Is there room for improvement? Absolutely. but honestly, the stories have been mostly better. People complain about J&H being a short, but it was really just right.

And while people are trying to judge the main story lines, none of them (other than J&H) have reached any type of conclusion. This season is not 6a/6b. We have a midseason break, but it is not a changeover in the story arcs, unlike the previous 3 seasons.

Let's look at the story lines.

1. LoUS - Ok, that really is not a plot line. it is a device that allows the writers to pull in stories from other areas to keep some things fresh. Pulling in new stories from here could go on until the series ends. And with the number of other active arcs right now, there is no need to pull in a new story just yet, so they are right to put it on the back burner.

2. Serum Queen - Ok, this is the one story line that probably has outlived it's usefulness, but I think we may be getting near the end of it thankfully.

3. Black Fairy - Just set up with Changelings. There is plenty to cover with this story.

4. Wish Realm - Just set up with "WYWH". Probably a bit fan-servicy for the Emma as non-savior part, and as a plot mechanism to facilitate Robin's story line, which was also just set up.

5. David's Dad - Set up in Episode 2, one bit of advancement in a later episode, and then set aside to be addressed later.

6. Agrabah - I will say that I have been less than excited about the Aladdin story as it was presented so far. But as I don't think we've seen the end of that story yet, I'll just say that the jury is out on this one.

7. Sleeping Curse - this is a fun little side story that runs as needed. as is probably there as much to facilitate both Josh and Ginnie's involvement, since they may need time to deal with trying to raise 2 children, and this allows for only one of the 2 of them to need to be present at any given time. I trust that they have a plan to break this, and it will be a simple setup and execution that will not detract from the main story lines.

8. Saviorology - Again, I will say that this is feeling a bit let down, like the Dark Swan was a let down.

9. Gideon - Again, the character was introduced early, but the direction for the character is somewhat out of the blue at this point.

So, for the back half of the season, we have essentially 7, maybe 8, story lines to tie up. so I think it is a bit premature to start assessing how well things are going. The writers have basically just finished setting the table, with J&H being but an appetizer (and a rather tasty one at that).