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Eskaver wrote: Frulna wrote: I feel like the show could benifit from the death of one of the merry men, maybe Little John or Roland. It would be a chance to finally develop Robin as an actual character and upgrade him from prop status. Avenging the death of his son or best friend might just be the story arc he needs. Especially if the person who kills them is someone Robin wronged in the past, he would see it as his fault plus it would let the show continue to be told partially in flashbacks without having to erase anyone's memory. Also Robin knowing and having information about the post underworld new villain could finally make him useful. Well, they aren't going to kill a kid. Once would choose Litlle John, but even then the writers show when they don't have plans for certain characters and also when they don't plan to do anything with the characters.

The writers didn't plan on Belle beyond season 1, but they did try to do something with her in season 2. The writers did plan to insert Robin, but don't try to do anything with him accept to keep Regina from being available and to show how ttrue love (romantic love) conquers all.

I mean, I think your heart is in the right place, but Robin had his wife die, pretty much twice, and they did nothing with it and he got over it in two scenes and that was it. I'm betting Marian was more important to Robin than most of anyone else and they can't really top that. We did not really see much of how he reacted the first time Marian died and by the second time he was no longer in love with her, he loved Regina by the time he figured out Marian was actually dead and it was Zelena. It seemed like he only went outside of Storybrook with her because she was sick, his wife, and they had a son. He felt obligated too more than he actually wanted to. And why do you think they would not kill a kid? I feel like Roland dying would be more benificial for the arc I had in mind then Little John would. Either way we would have to see more of the character before he died so that it would mean more, that is one reason I thought it would work for after the Underworld storyline is done (I have a feeling a villian will come back with the main characters to continue the storyline in Storybrook). That would give them time to make the character who dies have a bigger impact on the audience.