28 Days of Once Upon A Time

Hey All, trying to dip my toe back in here and this thread has been fun to read, so I’ll keep my responses short and catch up…
    Day 1- Favourite Female Regular Character (Past or Present)
Emma.  I know some people feel like she’s been OOC roughly around the S3-4 mark, but I don’t.  I think she’s grown immensely since S1.  I think they did a good job having Emma learn how to love again 1st with Henry, then her parents.  I appreciate that we got to see Emma make peace with her past and Neal, and I’m CS all the way.  So I haven’t seen it as the writers trying to pair Emma with this guy and that guy to appease various factions of the fandom or anything, it’s just growth as the seasons go on.
    Day 2- Least Favourite Female Regular Character (Past or Present)
Belle.  I just don’t think they’ve done enough with her.  I get the whole ‘she’s Rumple’s moral compass’ thing – but 1) I don’t think anyone should be another’s sole example of morality and 2) isn’t she anything else???  Like others have said, they’ve shown that Belle is a complex character, but they simply don’t give her the screen time for the audience to appreciate the complexity.
    Day 3- Favourite Male Regular Character (Past or Present)
Hook.  (For some of you that’s a huuuuuge shock, I know…)  I like that he has flaws and I like that he’s trying to become a better person.  I was glad the writers had Hook’s hiney handed to him by Rumple (seriously, who taunts the DO like that?!).  I thought Colin did a great job showing the audience that being forced to be someone’s puppet was killing Hook.
   Day 4- Least Favourite Male Regular Character (Past or Present)
Hmmm…I guess maybe Charming.  He’s way too Goody Two Shoes for me.
    Day 5- Favourite Female Recurring Character (Past or Present)
Ruby.  I just wish they had done more with her when they got Meghan Ory as a regular, but they totally squandered it.  I loved the idea that Red was the wolf.
    Day 6- Least Favourite Female Recurring Character (Past or Present)
I think I have to say Anna.  I loved her the first few episodes, and thought the actress nailed her, but after a while it was like oh god, here she is all sunshine and rainbows and shoot me.  Cora’s a close second, because she was the opposite – both were pretty one-note to me.
Day 7- Favourite Male Recurring Character (Past or Present)
I’d like to say Robin, but I’m not thrilled with the fool he turned into in 4A.
    Day 8- Least Favourite Male Recurring Character (Past or Present)
August.  Uh, I hated his smug face.  And that he was Pinocchio.  And that they de-aged him at the end.  And he took way too much pleasure in thinking he was manipulating people.
Day 9- Favourite Guest Character (Appeared in 3 episodes or less)
Ariel.  I’d love for her to be on more episodes but I think she’d be overkill if she were a regular.  I like that she’s overall pretty postitive but she wasn’t afraid to give Hook a piece of her mind in Jolly Roger, so she can stand up for herself and what she believes in.
    Day 10- Least Favourite Guest Character (Appeared in 3 episodes or less)
Mulan.  I don’t know why, maybe because she was so one-note?  And I’m all for LBGTQ characters on OUAT, but that whole Mulan loves Aurora seemed very much like fanservice and a way for the showrunners to say ‘see!  diversity!’ to me.  I want to see true, complex LBGTQ characters, not be appeased with one scene.
    Day 11- Favourite Villain
Pan.  I loved that nasty little man-boy.  I don’t think they should’ve started with the whole 1 villian per 11 episodes thing because I thought there was a lot more they could do with Pan – and would have sacrificed the Oz storyline on the back half to see it.  Except, not in Neverland.  Oh my god, I was so happy when they stopped roaming around that tiny room with a bunch of plants that was supposed to be a land created by imagination week in and week out.

Day 11- Favourite Villain

Cora.

Great acting, very smooth and convincing.

(I would say Regina but she is in my favorite character category already).

Least favorite villain:

Zelena.  She was so whiny…her attitude was all “poor me…my sister had a better life then me, so I’m going to destroy her world…and everyone else’s in the process.”  It would’ve been one thing if she was always bitter about being abandoned, but she seemed like a perfectly nice young lady UNTIL she found out she had a successful sister. And she killed Neal, so…enough said.

Day 12- Least Favourite Villain

Least favorite arc villain: Zelena. She was shrill and annoying and her entire plan was and motivation felt like a total reshash of villains before her. She was basically one giant Cora rip off. There were also a ton of unanswered questions about her like why was she the most magical baby EVAH! She wasn’t born of true love and yet she created a freaking portal as a new born infant. I also hated that she was basically a mood ring. Oh, and she was defeated by taking off a necklace. Lame.

Least favorite one off villain: Bo Peep. *twitch*

Day 12 zelena for reasons ready stated