Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-25491743-20180209181244/@comment-25926288-20180401162124

Aine1989 wrote: Maybe "headcanon" wasn't the best word, more like "the writers told the story they wanted, not the story the fandom wanted". Okay, I can see that. Even if I agree with some thoughts, sometimes fans try to pretend to be telepaths with the writers or something. Though one could argue that what the writers want to show sometimes is not so pretty.

I do think some elements of the writing did help to polarize the fandom. Take 4x01.

Was Frozen in Once written well? Yeah, plenty love that arc. But...

Emma was sorry about saving an innocent, Regina was crying over a two day relationship. Emma fans see Emma being dragged down, Regina fans see Reina being dragged down.

Love Rumple and Belle? Well, he apologized to Neal, set things right for Belle and they had a dance. Hate them? Rumple randomly finds a magical item that he can be evil and never delve into his psyche and using magic on Belle when she could have just been out of the room.

Decisions like these didn’t help much. So, SF might have lost hope with Neal’s death, but having Hook in an arc about secrets and lies x2 didn’t help. Just how having Rumple and Belle team up in 6B didn’t need Rumple stalking and threatening Belle in 6A half the time while crying into Regina’s kisses.