Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20161018212924/@comment-25896389-20161021001758

I've actually come to think of OOc as a pretty subjective term as different people can see the same character differently and writers of t.v.,movie, book, etc. can and will write their characters to suit the needs of plot, a lot of the time contradicting earlier installments without giving a reason why. When a character acts this way now, I just go "the writers wanted it that way."

That being said, I do dissaprove of this at times, particularly when my favorite characters are victimized by  bad variations of it. Rumple is text-book case because ever since Season 3, they've worked to diminish the sympathetic aspects of his character and make him seem more evil than any of the arc villains. His bag sacrifice is even shrugged off and treated as though it didn't exist. Hearing Belle say things like "for the first time, you were truly selfless" in Swan song made me roll my eyes. And this wouldn't be such a huge problem if not for the direct opposite treatment given to other characters like Regina, Hook, and even Zelena. Rumple should have been made a hero IMO and stayed that way.