Reply To: EW Spoiler Room 6/30: Explaining Missing Characters

[Slurpeez]

I have a hunch the  explanation will be simple. Emma, her parents, Belle, and Zelena went back to where they’re from (either EF or Oz) while Rumple, Regina, and Hook were cursed to remain in our world because “villains don’t get happy endings.” That is the thing that makes the most sense to me from an in-universe perspective, seeing how all three are recovering villains and all three actors were asked to remain. How many times have we heard villains don’t get happy endings? And who are the characters who won’t be appearing much if at all? The heroes of course, who mostly represent the remaining core characters’ happiness. Henry is the only hero left in the world other than his daughter because he was born here. The only odd one out is Zelena, who is a villain, but that could be because she is part of Regina’s happy ending, and we won’t see her again because of budget cuts.