So, I don’t really want to post this in the allocated thread because this is a negative comment, so this seems like a nice safe space to do this. I find it so deeply ironic that the next story to be butchered on OUAT’s chopping block is apparently The Count of Monte Cristo, which is a pretty iconic story about revenge, hope, and forgiveness in the European literary canon. I.e. what OUAT claimed to be about, but then, *see discussion of Neal and Robin above.
I’m kinda heartbroken in advance at what they’ll likely to do to it – I grew up with Dumas and Jules Verne, and considering the steampunk aesthetics of the Land of Untold Stories, I have a feeling that this is the direction they’re taking. Except, A&E are essentially your stereotypical bad fanfiction writers who will bend the original work beyond recognition just so their Mary Sue/Stu “player character” wish-fulfillment insert can come out smelling like roses. This bodes badly, y’all.