Not it doesn't. The author visits different realms transcribing what happens in them as stories. He's supposed to be a scribe. He abused his powers with Cruella and it send him on a bad streak of abuse thinking he could own the world.
He's like a War Photographer. He's meant to preserve images. He's not supposed to go into Photoshop after the fact and start taking people out, putting people in, changing the weather, etc.
Alright, so it comes back on tonight! I'm really excited to see how this all plays out with Emma becoming the new Dark One...I've been following this season, and it seems like it's going to be pretty good (definitely better than season 4)!
I feel like I've been watching Commercial Central. There's a commercial break every three minutes - and each one lasts like three or four minutes. It's at the point that I'm considering stopping watching this live and start DVRing it. The amount of commercials (especially ABC promotionary material) is insane.