ABC's Once Upon a Time - Part 5

[spideyboy_1111]

Regina already sacrificed herself and was ready to die for good at the end of season 2, and she made a sacrifice again in midseason finale, doing that again would be anticlimactic!
And the producers obviously don't think that Regina overstayed her welcome since they are giving her 2 new storylines with Hood and Wicked Witch, which is more than what they are doing for other characters. t:

Its not uncommon to build a character up before killing them off either

 

[Milos]

Its not uncommon to build a character up before killing them off either

Yes, when they are secondary, Regina is the lead, and they are not building her just giving her new stuff to do. t:

 

[Specter313]

That is part of building someone up dear.

 

[Specter313]

Someone's coming back:

Spoiler

ABC’s Once Upon a Time is bringing back a familiar evil later this season — but to what end?

TVLine has confirmed that in Season 3, Episode 18, Rose McGowan will reprise the role of Young Cora.

McGowan first appeared as the onetime miller’s daughter in the March 2013 episode titled… well, “The Miller’s Daughter,” in which it was revealed in flashback that Cora and Rumple once kinda sorta had a “thing.” Until she removed her own heart in the name of pursuing great power, as Prince Henry’s wife. By episode’s end, she had given birth to wittle bitty baby Regina.

Why will Once again revisit Young Cora? Is it to perhaps add a branch to the show’s complicated family tree, which is due to add two spaces by the end of the season? (The Wicked Witch’s backstory will at least have begun to be revealed two episodes prior.) And what if anything might this suggest about the big upcoming spoiler? (When we first met Young Cora, her current-day self died in that episode.)

Also, who could be having this flashback — Regina? A possibly returned Rumple?

Once Upon a Time resumes Season 3 on March 9, with Episode 12.

http://tvline.com/2014/01/25/once-upon-a-time-rose-mcgowan-returns-cora/

Makes those sister theories seem more possible now if this pans out. And my theory on who could be the father.

 

[Sawyer]

I'd rather it be a flashback episode for Regina, leading up to her death.

#AlwaysTrollingMilos

 

[Milos]

Jennifer, Lana and Ginnifer are the stars of the show and they will leave it when the show ends! But even if one of them ever decide to leave before the series finale, it's definitively not happening few episodes before the season finale, so keep dreaming!
I knew Regina and Wicked Witch will end up as sisters, can't wait!

 

[Specter313]

Yes, because the bigger stars never leave shows before the very end. Oh wait....

Damian Lewis in Homeland.
Sandra Oh and TR Knight in Grey's Anatomy.
Cote De Pablo in NCIS.
Laura Prepon in Orange is the New Black.
George Clooney, Julianna Marguilles, and Anthony Edwards on ER.

The list goes on and on.

 

[Milos]

I don't watch any of those shows so........

 

[Specter313]

So what? You don't know what you're talking about again? We already knew that. One of the worst things a show can do is keep a character around too long, and if that comes down to Regina, then so be it. As a fan, you should want that too. It's better to take a character out on a high note than have them stick around until the point that no one can stand them. If you don't, then you're not really a fan, you're just infatuated with them and only in it for superficial reasons.

 

[DigificWriter]

I doubt Regina is the character they're killing off, not only because she's popular, but also because they just brought in Sean Maguire's Robin Hood and connected him to her.

The two characters I think are most likely to get offed are Hook and Henry.

 

[Specter313]

Again, popularity is not a reason to keep a character around. Look at Sylar on Heroes, he was popular at first, so they kept him around way past the time they should have, and he did nothing but drag it down as it went on because they kept having to shoe horn him in.

 

[Milos]

So what? You don't know what you're talking about again? We already knew that. One of the worst things a show can do is keep a character around too long, and if that comes down to Regina, then so be it. As a fan, you should want that too. It's better to take a character out on a high note than have them stick around until the point that no one can stand them. If you don't, then you're not really a fan, you're just infatuated with them and only in it for superficial reasons.

Just because YOU don't like a certain character and think it has nothing left to offer doesn't mean others and showrunners think that too.

 

[DigificWriter]

Specter: Your comments make it seem as if you don't like Regina, but she's very much a central character in the series and, as noted, is popular and has just had a love interest - a role they specifically recast, I might add - brought in for her, so I repeat what I said: I doubt they're killing her off.

 

[Specter313]

Just because YOU don't like a certain character and think it has nothing left to offer doesn't mean others and showrunners think that too.

Did I say that? No. Don't put words in peoples mouths to make an argument. I said that IF it comes down to Regina being kept around longer than she should be, then they should get rid of her, like they should with any other character in a similar situation. I never put any personal opinions about my feelings towards her in it. Neither you, I, or anyone else know what the showrunners think, so stop talking in declarations like something will happen a certain way.

And you seem to forget that you're talking about a show run by people who helped run Lost, a show that killed off a lot of popular characters through the course of its run. No one is safe unless Disney steps in. And even they killed Regina off in the past.

 

[Specter313]

Specter: Your comments make it seem as if you don't like Regina, but she's very much a central character in the series and, as noted, is popular and has just had a love interest - a role they specifically recast, I might add - brought in for her, so I repeat what I said: I doubt they're killing her off.

It seems people need to take some reading comprehension classes. Yet again, I have not put ANY of my personal opinions on Regina in this. The only thing I don't like is people talking as if certain characters, in this case Regina, act as if they are indestructible and safe all the time. The only person in this series that we can probably say is safe at any point in time is Emma, because she is THE central character of the show. There are different levels going out from that, and while Regina is close to her level, she is not ever going to be safe.

And again, this is a show from people who brought us Lost, who seemed to be building up people in plenty of ways and creating various plot stories for them, including love stories, only for them to be killed off. Look at Juliet. Her and Sawyer were becoming a popular new couple that looked to have legs for a long time on the show, but oops, they up and killed her off at the end of that season.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Continuity be damned!! I want Maleficent and TWWotW to be siblings. This would just be too good to pass up.

THE WICKED WITCH: (deadly serious) "Who... killed... my sister?"

 

[DigificWriter]

Am I the only one who doesn't think it makes sense for Adam and Eddy to 'earmark' a one-off guest character - Robin Hood - for recurring status, recast the role specifically to facilitate him being a recurring character, and give him a connection to a regular character - Regina - only to turn around and kill said regular off less than a half-season after they went to all this trouble to make it so they could pair her up with Robin?

 

[Milos]

Am I the only one who doesn't think it makes sense for Adam and Eddy to 'earmark' a one-off guest character - Robin Hood - for recurring status, recast the role specifically to facilitate him being a recurring character, and give him a connection to a regular character - Regina - only to turn around and kill said regular off less than a half-season after they went to all this trouble to make it so they could pair her up with Robin?

Of course it makes no sense. Regina is not going anywhere!

 

[Specter313]

Am I the only one who doesn't think it makes sense for Adam and Eddy to 'earmark' a one-off guest character - Robin Hood - for recurring status, recast the role specifically to facilitate him being a recurring character, and give him a connection to a regular character - Regina - only to turn around and kill said regular off less than a half-season after they went to all this trouble to make it so they could pair her up with Robin?

Again, have you not seen Lost? These are the same people who paired together two characters in the middle of one season, only to kill off one half of them at the end of said season. They have also gone out of their way point out that because Regina spurned the chance at being with him the first time, that she's ruined both their lives, which means that there's a chance they may never be together. That kind of tragedy makes for the kind of drama show writers love to write. Could it also mean there's a chance for them to overcome the odds and get together? Yes. But it in no way makes her safe.

 

[John Locke]

I'm pretty sure all the major characters who died on Lost either were thought to be a major player in upcoming storylines and/or was in a relationship with another character. So Adam and Eddy do come from a show where building up characters to kill them off was the standard. Also they did it to Sheriff Graham.

I'm not sure if Regina is the death they are talking about, I actually highly doubt that, but if they want to make the Wicked Witch credible her killing the most powerful living person on the show would do it.

 

[Donut]

Killing Regina would also force Emma 2 step up with the magic stuff once she gets her memories back & give Emma more stuff 2 do

 

[Teelie]

Some of those on Lost were killed off because of personal issues not related to the show or they realized they had no idea where to go with said characters or changed their minds on the direction and they became unnecessary.

I'm not sure besides a large-ish ensemble cast how much alike the two shows are in comparison though.

 

[Milos]

If another character has to die so Emma would get something to do, then just get rid of Emma and let that other character continue with those 2 new storylines she has. Emma already served her purpose anyway, she broke the curse. What else is there, and she is not a fairytale character. I say lets's get rid of all the characters who are not from fairytale, Emma, Neal, Henry..

 

[Teelie]

Two of those three are from Fairytale Land, Emma and Neal. They're just not from a story we've heard previously and Henry is their child so I think he can be excepted.

 

[PyroChamber]

Of course it makes no sense. Regina is not going anywhere!

Just out of curiousity, if Lana did want to leave the show and they decide to kill her off which ever way they decide; will you still watch the show ever if it continues without her?