Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20160402095124/@comment-28420801-20160517183521

Green Room wrote: Since it looks like Once is moving away from the Disney IP I would like to see Sherlock Holmes working with Emma to take on a duo of Professor Moriarty and Mr. Hyde. I would love someone to give me a great explanation as to why they think OUAT is moving away from Disney IP. For season 6 we have a new big bad that is not in Disney canon. In season 3B, I was so excited because Once was branching out and bringing in Oz and the Wicked Witch. I know Disney did Oz the Great and Powerful, but Oz has not historically been linked to Disney. I don't remember thinking, "OK, the writers are moving away from Disney canon because they are bringing in other literary characters." I was like, "Awesome! I wonder how they are going to tie these new characters in to what they have already established?" And we saw Zelena become Regina's sister. Rumple has no Disney affiliation other than the show making him their version of the Beast and the Crocodile. Ruby has no Disney affiliation. Dorothy has no Disney affiliation. Ingrid herself was not a Disney character. Jack and the Beanstalk, not Disney. Hansle and Gretel? Not Disney. Dr. Frankenstein? Not Disney. Robin Hood? Not Disney unless you count the fox interpretation which Once did not pull from for source material. Robin Hood is not a fairytale. It is folk lore. King Arthur? Not Disney. Again, a case could be made for The Sword in the Stone but Once did not use that storyline. Since Camelot is Public Domain, like most of these stories, and Once did not use the Disney movie storyline, the once version of Camelot is also not Disney. The Author, Isaac, who in my opinion was more of a big bad than the Queens of Darkness, since 1 died and 2 turned good/neutral, is also not a Disney character. I don't see how one can be justified in saying that we are moving away from Disney now, when Once has been doing stories and characters not in Disney since the beginning of the show. A&E have told us that they want Aladdin and Jasmine on the show. I love that the LoUS is not genre based so virutally any character could show up! This would be the perfect time to bring in Aladdin and co. because the show would not be forced to do an Agrabah arc. Al and Jas could show up, the heroes could fix their problem like they did with Hercules and Megara, and they could go on their merry way. I could see the show going in a direction similar to the "unfinished business" of the underworld so when a character's story gets told, they are able to return to the realm they came from before being sent to the LoUS. Thoughts?