EW Spoiler Room 6/30: Explaining Missing Characters

[Michael]

True but if it’s the final season I’m sure they’d be willing to make appearances in 7B.

I don’t think the only episode we will see JMO in is her one episode.

[hjbau]

The thing is that besides JMo that has a contract for one episode, all the others and even JMo after the said epi , dont have anything connecting them to the show, so if they have other projects in shows and movies, is not like they will say no to them, just to appear in like 5 minutes scene in ouat, bc again like i said before all their contracts are over,they dont even have recurring contracts, so they may find other jobs and never appear again for lack of availability.

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Yeah, that is the thing. If the actors are busy then they just might not have time to do Ouat. They also might not want to. They would have to fly up and spend all the time preparing and getting ready. Ginny and Josh have children. The actors have lives and might just be ready to move on. That doesn’t have to mean anything about what they think about the show. I think it does, but it doesn’t have to. It could just mean that people have lives and are living them.

[Slurpeez]

I have a hunch the  explanation will be simple. Emma, her parents, Belle, and Zelena went back to where they’re from (either EF or Oz) while Rumple, Regina, and Hook were cursed to remain in our world because “villains don’t get happy endings.” That is the thing that makes the most sense to me from an in-universe perspective, seeing how all three are recovering villains and all three actors were asked to remain. How many times have we heard villains don’t get happy endings? And who are the characters who won’t be appearing much if at all? The heroes of course, who mostly represent the remaining core characters’ happiness. Henry is the only hero left in the world other than his daughter because he was born here. The only odd one out is Zelena, who is a villain, but that could be because she is part of Regina’s happy ending, and we won’t see her again because of budget cuts.

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

[RumplesGirl]

I have a hunch the  explanation will be simple. Emma, her parents, Belle, and Zelena went back to where they’re from (either EF or Oz) while Rumple, Regina, and Hook were cursed to remain in our world because “villains don’t get happy endings.

I could see that happening. And the villain trio need Henry’s help for Author reasons

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[hjbau]

I think the villain angle is a good idea. The only problem being that that then creates the plot of let’s get back to our loved ones which is not an interesting plot. Though, if they have memory issues that could be why they aren’t trying to find the family, but that also is not an interesting plot. Both of those plots would just linger around until they ended and everyone would be fine.

It could happen, but it isn’t good plot. I really do hope that there is a lot of angst between Henry and Lucy’s mother.

[Michael]

That’s basically what I expect. SB is in some cursed state and the others are sent away from it. Separated from their loved ones but I imagine that the 3 will break free from the curse by the mid season finale and then 7B is about the race to SB and stopping the big bad for good. We’ll probably see all of the regulars in 7B for more episodes including the series finale, esp. Emma.

[hjbau]

Maybe everyone has been trapped in the Once Upon a Time storybook.

[Slurpeez]

I think the villain angle is a good idea. The only problem being that that then creates the plot of let’s get back to our loved ones which is not an interesting plot. Though, if they have memory issues that could be why they aren’t trying to find the family, but that also is not an interesting plot. Both of those plots would just linger around until they ended and everyone would be fine. It could happen, but it isn’t good plot.

I agree it isn’t really a good plot, but I think that the core characters have memory loss. Henry tells Lucy that there isn’t a curse — meaning there probably is, but he doesn’t remember being cursed.

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

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