But honestly, I almost feel sorry for them. At this stage, it’s unlikely that OUAT can ever get back Season 1 quality — or even S2 or S3A, no matter how much A&E like to promise a “return to Season 1 feel”. They’ve screwed up OUAT too much for it to be recuperable.
I can’t feel pity. I’m still too angry.
However, if this is a way to bring Neal back permanently, and get rid of Hook for good, this would be amazing I think.
Yes, because the fandom will certainly be thrilled and there will be no fighting, no anger, no hatred directed toward MRJ on Twitter, toward SF shippers (who already get an unfair amount of hatred for daring to not like Hook and CS); because it won’t lead to more holes in their story, to more inconsistency, to more wonky narrative, to more retcons and more absolute silliness. Even if they don’t go the route some are predicting by having MRJ come back even briefly I am well within my right to scorn them for messing up their beautiful poetic story in the first place because 96% of the time I don’t know what I’m even watching. But it’s not OUAT and any attempts to try and return to something that was is laughable at best and rage inducing at worst because we all know it won’t stick.