Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20160723224038/@comment-24894791-20160809190339

The Author mythos, honestly, didn't really have a purpose except for Regina to have a sidequest. And a somewhat cool S4 finale. And the whole "Emma going dark" story idea that never really paid off. In S6 there is kind of a reason to have an Author, seeing as there's a bunch of Untold Stories whose stories have been put on pause. Honestly, it makes more sense for the Untold Stories arc to introduce the Author, as opposed to Regina needs a cheap out way to get a happy ending. Also Henry's kind of unstoppable and now there's not really any stakes: Henry can, at any time, just write 'Everyone in Storybrooke lived happily ever after'.

The Dark One mythos honestly was ruined by Nimue: so the girl drinks from the Holy Grail, and because she kills one man, and she had no other evil intentions but that, she becomes the incarnation of evil. By that logic, Emma should also be the incarnation of evil because she murdered Cruella. Does that make any sense to you? And there's no possible better orgin story for the Dark One that can be thought up by the same people who brought us the genius of the first three seasons?