EW 7/8 – Spoiler Room – Time to Tell New Stories

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Season 6 would be hard to fill up without outside characters. I agree that they should tie up loose ends, but they’ll be constrained by actor availability for some of those. As for the mains, as I’ve said before, I’m not sure they have enough stories left in them to carry the whole season by themselves. Besides, new characters can be a good thing. In 5A, I enjoyed the Merida-centrics. I know they didn’t have any relevance to the main plot, but I didn’t care; it was a refreshing break from all the CS angst. In 5B, Hades was the star for me.

 

I do agree that new characters need to be well integrated. I also agree that the writers haven’t done a good job of this recently. But…well, they’ve been renewed for another season, they’ve got 22 episodes of content to create, what can you do? I think new characters are the right move in terms of strategy. But a strategy still needs to be executed skilfully, otherwise you end up in a big mess whichever direction you take.

[thedarkonedearie]

I’m sort of on the fence about this.  On one hand, I do think bringing in new characters to specifically interact with our main characters in present day storybrooke is something the show desperately needs.  However, I’m afraid they will once again get too giddy with their new toys and forget about our main characters again.  Although, with Archie coming back, and the story seemingly taking place in present day storybrooke, it looks like I may get the best of both worlds.

Regardless, the storytelling is going to be different because we aren’t traveling to a new realm.  There will likely be flashbacks to different realms, but it’s not the same as the gang going somewhere to save someone with a villain of the arc who dies at the end.  Plus, we aren’t getting the half seasons anymore.  And while I think the half seasons can and were successful at times, the writers kind of lost their touch with that by not sticking to an original outlined story (Hook becoming the DO and being evil instead of Emma is just the latest change on the fly).  So despite them saying they want to “broaden” things, they are changing things up, and at this point, if they aren’t going to end the show like they should, a change is not only welcome, but a necessity.

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