Season 5B: In Which All The Villains Get Resurrected And Redeemed.
Maybe it is like EASTERN / ASIAN philosophy the villains get re-incarnated to a lower form to make up for their bad deeds…. then get returned to life to try again….. . .
And the good guys stay dead and forgotten, not reborn unto a higher life form. Great.
If we are going with that approach, the good guys have a much better shot at exiting the entire cycle of rebirths (and suffering) than the bad guys, and thereby not being reborn woils actually be a desirable outcome. I think they’ll go with the “one of the heavenly realms” tropes.
On the other hand, considering that, at least in Buddhism, time runs differently (slower) in the hell realms, Pan and Co would have had eons to reflect on how their accumulated karma bore fruit.
I’m personally not eager to see a Greek mythology / Asian religions mashup. I don’t think OUAT can pull that off without making it a outrageously ridiculous.