Thread:Erebus Elysium (Replacement Account)/@comment-25097457-20141215020534/@comment-25607939-20141215162911

Basically, it peeves me slightly.

First I'll start with the thing I like:

Next I'll go with what I don't approve of:
 * Making the Sorcerer and the Author the same person. The creators of Fantasia claimed that the Sorcerer for Sorcerer's Apprentice was an allegory for being Walt Disney himself, that scowl he give Mickey being the same Walt would give to he crew if they peeve him off. Making him the writer and weaver of fate to all the other characters makes sense. At least they didn't forget about that

I'm still going to watch the show out of fascination, but it's really starting to lose me.
 * Getting rid of Elsa, Anna and Kristoff. It's one thing to not give Elsa not all that much to do through the Season, but we had new main characters that could have added a lot more to the modern setting and they threw them away as soon as they anti-climactically axed off Ingrid. Ingrid's probably the flimsiest villian they've had in the show (not counting Anastasia from the spinoff show), and I wanted them to react off of newer things.
 * Gold not acheving his ends. While I'm sad to see Rumpbelle crushed before me, I am okay with him facing the conscequences of his betrayal. However, they were building up just how powerful this hat is, so much so that Dark One's before him tried and failed to obtain it. Maybe if he succeeded, but it had a different effect than what it expected. At the start, my assumptions were that the reason why the Sorcerer, in his wisdom, did not destroy the hat at the risk of the safety of the realms was because it wasn't meant to be a weapon - but a prison. Let's think - what being (mostly associated with Fantasia) would be so powerful as to be imprisoned in such a fortified fashion? In other circumstances, it could have brought magic to the rest of the world, causing all sorts of problems that could have gotten the characters out of Storybrooke and into some gripping moments.
 * Maleficent. While she does look a little more like her original incarnation this time (I mean blonde curly hair? Really?!), it's a little too late for her presence to carry enoguh weight.
 * Ursula. They already established Ursula to be an all-powerful sea-goddess. Why turn away from that? That was perfect! It was new and it could have added so much to the mythology of the world! (Even explaining the above-mentioned hat-prisoner?!) But now they just make her another evil sorceress. WE'VE HAD 5 OF THOSE ALREADY (not counting Anastasia)! I'm guessing they'll explain how they got away with it later, but seriously?
 * Cruella. Really? Cruella? Now they aren't even trying with the whole "fairy tale" thing are they? Maybe if she was a crime-boss in a Al Capone-era realm or something, but an evil sorceress in the Enchanted Forest? And Rumple-Apprentice #5? Come-on.