Even still….if Cruella hadn’t been from the EF, as @TheWatcher said, they could have let her have magic in Fictional London just as they had let the Chinese Dragon Man have magic in wherever Tamara went! (We’ll still never see that again)
Cruella vs Red would have been a perfect Cruella intro storyline in my opinion because Ruby is a werewolf, and Cruella does have an obsession with fur and with Once’s Twist, maybe magic! Backstory could have been Cruella had a bad history with Ruby’s parents, and now because she can’t have her vengeance on her parents, she’ll take it out on their daughter.
Ursula…we’re going to have to bring back Eric and Ariel, because I can’t see there being an Ursula story without the two of them. Frankly…Ursula could have stood her own ground in Season 5, just as Maleficent can stand hers in Season 4B. As stated above, this does feel like a “Hurry up and do it” situation where Adam and Eddy wanna Disney Overdose us before Once ends, but using up all their characters now, whose going to be left besides Jafar for Season 5?
And frankly…I’m seriously worried about these Queens of Darkness just being a red herring to distract us from them possibly making Rumple out to be the Big Bad of 4B. That Seer’s Prophecy may have not been referring to Neverland, and Henry leading Rumple to Neal and Henry being his downfall may be two separate events to occur, rather than back to back.
Rapunzel was terrible because the way her storyline was delivered….very very very filler like episode. And she’s never to be heard from again…it was just a story Adam and Eddy wanted to hurry up and get out the way.
In All Honesty…Why Don’t They Just Kick That Land Without Magic Crap Out The Window! Clearly magic is in this world….Ingrid using rock stones, Emma flickering lights at the arcade game, and while giving birth, the Mushu Dragon….I wish they can just fess up and say we screwed up. #WishfulThinking
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