Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-33386384-20180525212302/@comment-1826156-20180703175304

Ella/Jacinda I love Cinderella's story and was skeptical but excited she was going to be a big part of this season. This made it feel like a reboot since it was an alternate version. Then they ruined it, big time. Lady Tremaine and Ivy were great, but the rest of the cast connected to this version were boring. People say "We didn't need to see a background episode because we alraedy know her story"...true, but then, why do Cinderella again at all, then? To me, this ended up being an arc for Rapunzel and Drizella more than Ella. Not sure why Dania was ever even billed as a star when her role was almost always felt more like guest star.

Jack/Nick/Hansel Utterly pointless. His plot derailed the Coven plot, which admittedly was going nowhere by that point anyway. He felt too forced and tacked on and was used horribly. What ever happened to the way they used character like this during season 1? Graham, for example, felt like a part of that world and was memorable through the entire series even though he obnly had a few episodes. Hansel just came out of nowhere. Horribly written, I'd wager most fanfictions and theories could do way better on how that was developed.

The Coven/Eloise/Gothel: What a crock! This wasted our time and ended up having one of the stupidest payoffs in all of Once. Which is a shame, since it had such great potential. Enough has been said about this though.

The Princess and the Frog storyline: Utterly butchered. I liked Tiana and Facilier (less so Naveen) but I was hoping for so much more. IMO having Tiana be Henry's princess and revolving the plot around the Rapunzel story and TPATF would have been so much better and cut out a load of filler. As it stands, it seems like Tiana was thrown in just to make sure they rounded out the Disney Princesses. Her plot had no real pay off for me. She kept popping up and hanging around but did little more than cook and complain.

The Wish Realm: This is the biggest one for me. I hate, hate, hate the idea of the Wish Realm being anymore than what it was in Season 6. It should have just been forgotten. Or better yet, never used. It was stupid in S6 and it was abused and nearly ruined S7.

I think if I could point to anything as being the stupidest idea in all of Once, it is using the WR like they did. Totally unimaginitve way to remove Emma and keep Hook and it, along with the stupid time thing made the story and Once a a whole, end as one big clustered up mess.