Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4962906-20151023123622/@comment-25926288-20151025204847

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Joshleung wrote: what makes a series good is that is the series made by good heart.good intentions lead to good products.It's a matter of heart.not really depends on viewers.unless the writers wants blockbuster success.then the show would go bad like now. OUaT's Season 5 does have heart, which is something Season 4 severely lacked. Season 4 did have heart.......a heart so greedy that it turned it green.

What makes a good story isn't intention or viewership, but story, narrative, and writing. Example, Game of Thrones is a phenomenal show, but then again I think it's so because GRRM (the Author) is a great writer and Author and even did some screen writing. GRRM is one that did twist of tropes and the protagonist and antagonist sides are all at a persepctive and all are rewarded or punished. That is a twist on tropes.

Once is like that but dumbed down and half-hearted as the seasons progressed. I love Once and I'll be sure to drop everything I'm doing to watch it, but I don't feel the season 1 feel. OR the season 2 feel. Or the season 3 feel. But a weird continuation of Season 4 but working it's way up.

Arthur is a okay character (he isn't a villain), but he's snubbing on the Dark Swan's toes. One of the many things season 4 did well was Ingrid was on par with Rumple even though we saw less of Rumple, but you felt tension and Rumple wasn't some "Oh, yeah, there's this other plot." It's almost like what Snow implies that the characters are not focusing on the issue. Am I supposed to be fearful for Dark Swan and Emma falling? Well, I know she'll fall, so it's sort of spoiled. Is her fall interesting? Sort of, but everytime she gets interesting on-screen, guess what? They take her off-screen for hlaf of the episode or something.

It's sort of like when we found out who the Author was and he was free and then they had one scene of the aftermath and then a Robin-centric. Why? That makes no sense. That's what some of season 5a feels like to me. Characters stop, Plot starts.