@hjbau wrote:
And i do think that both of the Rumpel episodes could be pulled and the show would still make sense. I think they were good character development to understanding Rumpel’s character, but in general they have had very little bearing on the show as a large. Like we don’t need to know why Rumpel became the dark one to understand that he is the dark one.
HJBAU, I think we need to move away from pitting one character’s storylines versus another character’s storylines. The writers have repeatedly stated that OUAT is about CHARACTERS..so even the one episode we had about Red Riding Hood is important and I think could not be pulled. So even though you may not have wanted to know about how Rumple became the dark one, it is an important story to the series.
And trying to speculate about who is a “main” character or “secondary” character or “filler” character is pure literary adventure and is a kind of laboratory analysis of a show that inspires a lot of emotions for viewers. Everyone is entitled to their own “literary” opinion but this can be taken wrong in a show that can be quite emotional.
Another thing that the writers have said is how they didn’t want any character to be completely good or evil. [i.e. The Blue Fairy lied to SW/PC and Rumple killed the dark one to save his son from the Ogre wars and Emma gave up her baby to the same Foster System that tortured her (not even bothering to interview the potential foster parents)]. So, the writers are not painting any character completely black or white.
In the end, we all have our heroes..who we want to see will get a happy ending..but will just need to sit back, see where the writers take us and enjoy the ride! 😆