@MatthewPaul wrote:
@RumplesGirl wrote:
True having mermaids in NL doesn’t mean we’re getting Ariel but if you’re going to do her story, what better time than when you’ve already set up mermaids in the world? Also, if we don’t get her soon I fear for the writers because the fans are slightly rabid for her by this point.
But Adam & Eddy did say that they want to do her story right and not rush into it just to please fans sooner. Since I doubt Neverland will last the entire Season, we may get Ariel in the 2nd half of the Season instead. Or, perhaps Neal and MAP run into Ariel in FTL. I doubt Neal will find a quick way back to Storybrooke, so he and MAP need something to do while he’s stuck in FTL.
Yes if they do Ariel I want it to be well thought out and not a one-off. I would kill to be a fly on the writers room wall at this point because they have so many balls up in the air it comes down to: how much of each land/time are we going to be seeing. I figure events in NL of the present weigh more heavily and to me, personally, that opens up the door for Ariel. But I think that for the first half of the season we’ll see FTL of the present with Neal and MAP only here and there (the 1st episode, and maybe they get 2 or 3 episodes that focus on them). With Sarah and Jamie both having to leave soon-ish they’ll utilize them at the start. Same with SB, we’ll see it and Belle in the 1st episode and then in my head Belle leaves SB in episode 6 and goes to FTL where she joins Neal and MAP leave the storyline to continue trying to retake the land. Bae and Belle then spend some time in FTL trying to get to NL but again the focus goes to NL of the present. I’m sensing very little flashbacks. This is what’s in my head.