Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170427013849

I'll create a numbered list shortly, but I highly dislike when they introduce a realm and leave it as if it never mattered. Worldbuilding is often quite shoddy on the show, but it hasn't been done justice, given Black hasn't had sufficient buildup prior to her arrival.

1. The realm has no name. Unacceptable.

2. We should have had more flashbacks (at least one more) to establish an even better development to the world. Black seemed heavily authoritative but it was all short-lived.

3. What are supposed to think was going on? Black collects BF dust because she's a fairy and that's how she (like any other fairy) is powered. Are we suppose to assume she was crafting the perfect curse? Why didn't we see it or actually have her say it? Or better yet, see it? If she's saving it for a rainy day.....

4. Black left the Dark Realm as if it was a dirty cell and nothing else. If she has vault full of powerful magic, it is inconceivable that she would travel without that magic and simply rely on chance (aka Zelena's wacky magic). when she has a whole realm full. I can headcanon all I want, but no matter if she has spent years testing and retesting the perfect curse and how many times she had to refuel herself, no rightminded individual will just stroll in with nothing. ''Imagine a notorious drug lord breaking out of house arrest (which he has powerful smuggled weapons and money in) to end up in a small town with a knife and $50 given to him by a confidante. ''

''5a. ''The little people of any realm are never discussed. I assume everyone there were children she kidnapped over the years. What are they doing now? It seems as if she doesn't care about anything concerning that world. I can understand if she used them and left them all to die or what have you, but she pretty much did her science test, left her supplies, met up with her intern and is now shopping before the big presentation.

5b. We totally didn't save them and I'm sure they'll never be brought up.

6. Total tangent. The Land of Untold Stories was an empty realm, ripe for the taking. "Stories" froze. That was a really base decision. It was too meta that a socialite in a medieval tree-folk forest like Tremaine would be like "Oh, my story isn't making sense. I'm hitting the pause button." That's essentially an exact qoute. At least, if the Black Fairy was involved in that land being cursed as a prototype or connected to the Dark Realm, it would make better sense.

What do you think? Do you think we will see it again? Were you satisfied by the 20ish minutes of it that we've seen? What would have you liked to see? How did you conceived that the Dark Realm would be?  