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Looks like Regina gave Zelena a car.
[adrotate group="5"]"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
I fully expect the rest of the characters to start to take center stage as the season progresses.
It sorta looks that way. Charming gets a centric, Snow gets a centric, Zelena gets a centric, CS get and adventure and married, Henry…grows up???, Rumple gets a centric that actually has Baelfire. The premiere is Emma centric and a big portion of the season seems geared toward her mythology. It’s a bit hilarious/disconcerting (as ready as I am for this to be over). I thought we’d have almost a whole year to prepare for the end and now…it really is looking like come May we’re gonna be locking up the doors.
Agreed! It’s better for OUAT to end with what little dignity and excitement it has left in Season 6…than for it to be dragged out and potentially ruined for good, trying to make a Season 7.
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
Actually I’ve seen a lot of people starting to turn on Regina fairly so because the lack of balance of everyone in S6 so far compared to her. People have had enough of Regina hogging up the screentime.
Well I’ve seen complaints coming mainly from only one particular section of the fandom, and even ten seconds of Regina screentime is too much for them. Personally, although we love seeing Lana Parrilla knock it out of the park as Mayor Mills & the Evil Queen, even Evil Regals were displeased with how her storyline basically went in the last ten episodes.
If you’re going to devote first half of the season to her, then the least they could have done was do it right. Like Dark Swan, this arc was sort of a letdown because nothing really happened for EQ aside from cursing Snowing and screwing Rumple. If what they wanted to do was focus on Aladdin/Land of Untold Stories, they should have done that, and left the whole splitting apart thing alone. It was too many storylines being handled in a matter of ten episodes, and A&E bit off more than they could chew.
As for the whole whose the more problematic fave, fandom wise, between Hook & Regina…look, we’ve all spent the last six years together in these forums, so we all know everyone’s stance on that situation. And as Matt said, this isn’t technically the right thread to be discussing such a topic, which is such an icy subject, it’s best to be left alone. Every character has their own share of fans who could care less about them, so to each his own.
I’ll definitely keep watching if we get a Season 7. I think they need to wrap up all of the main cast’s storylines by this season’s end – they’ve needed to for quite a while. I think they need a total reset with a brand new cast (perhaps keeping Henry, but as an adult) for the show to successfully continue. Whether they could recapture what the original cast had with a new is up in the air.
My only concern is that I don’t think Henry’s capable of carrying a show, unless they get one heck of a lead actor and revamp his character enough to keep the fans interested. I personally think a way to do this is to redo and parallel the entire Season 1 Regina/Emma/Henry, but make it between Adult Henry/Adult Snowflake/10 year old Girl.
Like, what if Henry actually takes a turn for the worst, and becomes bad. What if it’s Henry who enacts the next dark curse?
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
Ok, gotta admit that I’m excited to see what Bex brings to the table with her solo number!
So I think so far we have confirmed:
Emma (Solo)
Regina, Snow White & David (Group)
Hook, Pirates (Group)
Zelena (Solo)
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
Filming #OnceUponATime today 28th Feb in New Westminster at Regina's House:
Lana Parrilla
Bex Mader
Jared Gilmore
Giancarlo Esposito
Baby— ενα✨🧁 (@GlindaLoveShoes) February 28, 2017
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
Here’s the thing, although Regina is a fan favorite, I don’t think she’s capable of carrying an entire show on her own.
Yeah, this has always been an ensemble show with a heavy focus on the connections between Emma, Snow, Regina, and Rumple. In order for Regina to carry on without the other three, you need to fill the void with characters who are equally compelling and have an equal meaty history with Regina. So the task before the writers would be astronomical. You need to create, flesh out, and develop at least 3 characters who have the same narrative weight to Regina that Emma, Snow, and Rumple already have but you need to do it in the span of one season instead of the former 6. Why one? Because the ratings are already so low and in order to push this “new” show, ABC and A and E have one shot (one season) to prove that a Regina focused show can survive and prosper just like OUAT did.
The only thing I can think of that could possibly work…is if they did a villains/anti-hero focused final season.
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
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@yvrshoots filming notices in New West for tomorrow. Assuming it's for #OUAT since they're outside of Regina's house. pic.twitter.com/TCkbQAichX
— corncob tv (@qualityastrnmy) February 27, 2017
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
Oh God is ER “Evil Rumple?” Gross. Who the heck likes that?
LOL! No, ER stands for “Evil Regal”! XD As for the Evil Rumple, it’s actually called GoldenQueen, and you’d be surprised by the followers it had on twitter! I personally could not stand the ship, it was just too weird after all the father/daughter like scenes Regina & Rumple had over the seasons.
I know people don’t want to admit anything but Regina is very much a divisive character in the fandom especially after all the focus she’s had this season. Which has not been well written whatsoever. She’s as much loved as she is hated, especially going by Adam’s mentions and things on Twitter. Her and Hook are this way and have been for a while now.
That’s not quite true…yes CS & Evil Regals are forever at one another’s throats, but fandom wise as a whole, she definetly stands on a higher ground in the fandom than Hook. The rest of the fandom, from Rumbelle, SwanFire, SwanQueen, MyPretties, Casual Viewers, and surprisingly even Snowing are fine with Regina, it’s only CS Fandom’s constant complaint of “her sassy remarks & attitude towards Hook/Emma” that the CS have an issue with Regina for, and therefore anyone who has the slightest negative thing to say about their ship, they would have an issue with.
I think they could build a show around Regina, but not with Zelena there. Their bickering is a low point for the show right now and that would be the problem, in my opinion. They can’t keep just those two villains and expect the show to work. I, also, don’t want Hook on the show. They would have to introduce an entirely new protagonist and i think they have to be female.
Here’s the thing, although Regina is a fan favorite, I don’t think she’s capable of carrying an entire show on her own. I would love to watch one, but I just don’t think it’s possible. The entire series surrounded a core cast, not even Emma is carrying the show on her own. And if Lana sees all her cast mates/friends leaving to do other things, I’m sure she wants to go out and do other things as well. But if Adam & Eddy sat Lana down and gave her the overall synopsis for the final season, she and more than likely Bex may do it, if it’s quality work.
As for what the Season 7 would be, based on the casting call, it’d have an adult lead who we all think is Henry. And if Henry’s lost his way, I think Regina’s happy ending would ultimately end up being, making sure that her son gets his.
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
I personally don’t think any of the core cast are happy with what’s happening with their characters. Season 1 still ranks as the best season for OUAT, at least for me because the storytelling was more so focused on the character’s personal life, their history, and their growth rather than the automatic next villains, curse, and the ships.
As for the acting, well, majority of the cast are grinning and baring it right now. They will sell whatever they need to sell, so Lana gave her best in this new promo. Is it true they’ve toned down the once great and powerful Evil Queen, into the clichéd “sexy, sassy, and sinister” villainess….of course it’s true. Back in Season 1, the Evil Queen instilled fear and power, nowadays she’s throwing temper tantrums.
Now the plot is entirely moved forward by external things that happen to them, like Hyde coming to town or Gideon being kidnapped or the Evil Queen cursing Snow and Charming. The characters did choose to separate the Reginas, but the only consequence has been the Snow and Charming curse and that will be done in one episode and be forgotten. They have not used the two Reginas being separated to show us anything new about Regina as a character and where she is at characterwise. That is true of all the characters. These things happen to them and then the plot moves on and it is forgotten.
This is definetly an issue I have with the show. It’s the same sequence of events, “new villain, curse, fight, win, plot, new villain”…there’s never a time in the show where the characters digest all the hell they’ve been through, instead it’s all swept away to Forgotten Land, and never mentioned again!
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
So here’s the big question. Let’s say we lose 90% of the cast–just Lana and Bex stick around. Would you still watch? Would you just check out the premiere of 7 and then go from there? Or would you say that S6B was the end and move on?
WickedSisters…sure, I’d more than likely stick around. However, I think it’d be best to end it at Season 6 on a decent note than trying to beat an already dead horse.
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
