@PriceofMagic wrote:
I ended up voting for all the choices.
Yes, I voted for all the choices too. I’m sure we’ll eventually see all these characters pop up again someday. It just may not be for that long depending on how long they can get the actor.
August – He still needs to reunite with Geppetto, and tell Emma about his part in convincing Neal to leave her, and of course tell both of them about the money he stole. Of course, if Eion Bailey’s new show is a hit on TNT, he may not be able to be back that often if at all, but I think they’ll try to give as much closure to his storylines before that.
Sydney – If Revolution gets cancelled, I suspect we’ll see him again. Or if he gets a break from that show, and it’s able to fit in with OUaT’s schedule, I could see a “where is he and what is he doing” moment.
Hansel and Gretel – Like PriceofMagic, I could see them bringing back Gretel as someone that Henry might go out on a first date with or date depending on how long the series runs because he would follow in his grandfather’s and father’s footsteps of falling for a girl, who was stealing when he first met her.
Or they could just come back and be a reminder to Henry and Regina that although Henry might be able to accept and forgive her if she truly does follow the path of good from now on, other people probably won’t ever be that forgiving because she didn’t care if Hansel and Gretel died, and then when they succeeded, she separated them from their dad, perhaps forever if hadn’t been for the Curse and then Emma breaking it, because they would rather be with him than live with her. If Henry and Gretel were older, I think it would be interesting to have them explore something like that assuming that Regina’s attempted redemption doesn’t fail in the near future.
Cinderella – We still never saw what happened to Prince Thomas, so maybe they’ll eventually give closure to that storyline. If nothing else, we’ll probably see Jessy Schram pop up in like she did in her last appearance just to show Ella is still around, and they haven’t forgotten that she exists.
Lancelot – Yes, I don’t trust Cora either. I think she’s like Regina in that if her lips are moving, she’s probably lying. (Off topic, I still laugh every time there’s discussion in fandom about whether or not Regina was lying about something, and then it always turned out so far that she was.)
Aurora and Mulan – I sort of agree with PriceofMagic. I don’t hate them, but it wouldn’t bother me at all if we don’t see them very much past season 2. They can be like Ella and pop up every now and then, but I was very disappointed in how much screentime that they took from the main characters, and then once they started to become interesting, they come up with a lame way to keep them from going to Storybrooke with Emma and Snow. I’m sure we’ll see them again and have closure to their storyline with Prince Phillip’s soul, but I didn’t like how they built these two characters up for half of the season only to have their storyline fizzle out because the writers never really seemed to figure out how to balance doing episodes with present day Storybrooke and present day Fairy Tale Land.
Other – I agree about King George. I would also add in Neal, Graham, Jefferson, Paige, Maurice, Smee, and basically almost any character that we’ve seen that didn’t feel like a one and done type of character. Like I think of Milah, Anita, Quinn, Stealthy as one and done type of characters that probably won’t be seen again even in flashbacks, they’re just characters that are there to exist in one episode and never be seen again although they may be referenced in other episodes. Or characters that are very minor, but suddenly get a burst of screentime like Billy/Gus-Gus probably won’t pop up again either because they get their big moment as a recurring character, and then they’re never seen again.