Once Upon A Time

Eh, the Oz arc in retrospect was obviously just there to pad out the rest of the season.

The Wicked Witch would have made for a great Arc Villain if she wasn't related to The Evil Queen. So much of her character revolves around hating The Evil Queen, Trying to one-up The Evil Queen, trying to ruin The Evil Queen's life, etc. Zelena was the Teitoku Kakine to Regina's Accelerator.

Oh hey, someone else who liked the Neverland arc.

Peter Pan was just so great.

Easily one of the best villains the show produced. The Neverland arc was just very good to watch.

Much agreed.

It dragged on too much for my tastes.

I liked Pan don't get me wrong I would have just liked more variety.

Peter Pan as a heartless scumbag just worked. It was a real bloody nose to the view of Pan as a good guy who just wants people to loosen up.

An image that is all Disney's invention, by the way, as the Pan of the book is a nasty little imp.

Good. Getting back to the roots of it. I'll have to read that at some point then.

@Zalina revolving around the Queen,

I think that was the point. She existed to show how much Ragina has grown since Season 1. The issue is, that was ALL she was. I also feel like Oz became a tool just to bring Unknown Villain into the show.

Which is sad because Oz has so much potential. Could you imagine something like, Oz going to war with the Enchanted Forrest or something? That could have been awesome! But all of Oz's lore went to waste for my tastes.

The Neverland Arc was only interesting because of Pan and everyone else felt bland to me; The Poisoned Prince plot pissed me off so much and Henry was still an annoying little shit. I also grew tired of the same sets constantly.

Pan was a good villain but the wandering around the forest for 10 episodes was tedious.

The best thing about the OZ arc was the last 5 minutes....

edited 31st Aug '14 8:41:17 PM by nightwyrm_zero

I really liked the Neverland arc too, and Pan's villainy made sense.

this show tends to have really good villains overall, I think.

Yeah, really I think the only bad ones have been Zelena and Tamara.

To be fair, I loved Emma and Tamara's fight scene in "Second Star To The Right".

Oh yeah Tamara, sucked ass through and through. I think Zelana's problem was more wasted potential than anything. They clearly didn't want that arc to last any longer than half a season or care enough to make her really really compelling. Like some cool ideas are there, but I don't think any of them are fully developed.

I don't know, could they not really come up with a cool mini arc? Or at least one that felt fully developed?

I like how we learn about the characters' past over time, especially Charming and Snow White. Even in season 3 we're learning another piece of their history.

Sadly the villains are predictable. I wonder if we have to keep going with this one villain for half a season thing for the rest of the series.

It can be done, I just hope they balance it out better.

Season 4 teaser here:

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edited 2nd Sep '14 7:15:02 AM by Sisi

I think I needed some chips to go with all that cheese.

Somebody tell Kermit to call the fuck down.

Does anyone else find it odd that they're all wearing their fairy tale clothes in the real world? I don't think they've ever done that before.

I highly doubt its canon. Its just marketing and their Fairy Tale Clothes are more iconic than normal attire.

I figured as much as well.

Regina really shouldn't complain: It's her fault this shit keeps happening cause she cast the first curse.

Yeah, I figured it was marketing in the first place when Else started strolling down Storybroke in broad daylight.