a. The flashback parts were extremely cute. Sort of "awww, that's the corniest thing I ever heard!" Any other actors, and I think the whole thing would have collapsed in awfulness, but they made it work.
b. After several weeks of sameness in the David/Mary Margaret plot, we finally get some stuff going down. Consequences, intrigue, and by the way, Mary Margaret had a plot and dealt with consequences that didn't really have anything to do with David and whether they were meant for each other. Neat!
c. Rumplestilzkin is just impossibly fascinating in everything he does. He appeared for all of two seconds in this episode, and my reaction was all 'OOOO HE HATES THE FAIRIES! I WONDER WHY?' and connecting it to that time he blew up a fairy godmother and stole her wand. Also, how difficult and/or fun must it be for him to have gone through 28 years of pretending he doesn't have opinions about very different versions of these people.
Honestly, the flashback parts kind of made me want to barf. They were soooooo ridiculously hokey. Starting with the egg and ending with the melodramatic new Grumpy axe. The whole thing. The actors were great, it was just...ridiculous
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7. HAHA, you just love him, that's all. I don't think he's the wolf, although given his womanizing tendencies (right?), it's possible. Also: the wolf doesn't get a happy ending. Unless you count the original Perrault story. Which I really doubt this show is consulting. I know I read that there's a Red episode coming up, which I'm excited about because I like Red (she's promiscuous and quiet!), but I would really like for them to do some lesser-known fairy tales before they suck these dry. (It would be SO AWESOME if they did a Thousand and One Nights episode; I also like the Six Swans and Snow White and Rose Red. Oh, and Rapunzel, if only because I have yet to see an adaptation that I find really innovative.) Basically, while they are obviously feeding off of Disney's popularity (whether by command, because they can, or both), I really hope they branch out and do some crazy non-Disney stuff. I already like the treatment the existing stories have gotten, but something new would be nice
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...I didn't even realize that I completely failed to mention the modern parts and Belle! Yes, the modern parts were way better and cute in a much more... satisfying, maybe? way. Belle was quite awesome, and I'm pretty sure it proves that Regina completely made up the story she told Rumple about Belle being driven to suicide or whatever it was, although I wonder--if the dwarves don't go into the village, why was Belle hanging out in the presumably underground dwarf bar? I thought it was a plot hole, but maybe it's actually awesome
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1. Yeah, Emma is kind of wishy-washy when it comes to Henry, but I think that's mostly in the early episodes? Not sure. It would be more interesting if they either interacted like a normal kid and adult, (you know, go to the park or go see a movie or something not involving talking about fairytales), or if Emma actually believed him instead of just indulging him
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Well, I find I don't have much more to say in response.
My assumption was that Gold was talking strictly about nuns. Fairies never crossed my mind. It kind of implied a terrifying Catholic upbringing, which I thought was hilarious.
The Six (Seven?) Swans is this awesome story about a girl (princess?) with seven (or six) brothers and her evil stepmother turns them into swans. She can save them by weaving them shirts out of nettles, but she can't speak at all while she does it or they'll be stuck as swans forever. A random king happens by and decides to marry her. I don't remember if she was cool with it or not. Anyway, it's one of the rarely-done fairy tales, so of course I have a soft spot for it. Juliet Marillier wrote a nice novel version of it that I believe was called Daughter of the Forest.
Re: resurrecting characters: okay, somehow when I read that paragraph you wrote about it, it reminded me of how the witch in Stardust (movie, not book) reanimated Septimus' body to duel with Tristan. That is probably my favorite scene in
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O.M.G. That is all I can say. So much awesome. Best werewolf episode of anything since Phases. Granny is badass. I kept guessing who the werewolf was throughout the episode and I was genuinely surprised--I thought it would be Granny! David Anders was a red herring, I think. OMG I think he's Bluebeard.
Basically I can't think of anything wrong with the episode and I might have a new favorite. Eeeeee! Werewolves and gal pals and Bill Lee and complex murder plots! Yay!
I conclude that last week's fluff was deliberate, as shit got pretty serious this week.
I forgot to explain: the leader of the hunters was on Stargate, a character named Bill Lee. (He was a scientist/nerd there, so this was pretty weird to watch).
Real discussion would be better, but my brain can't handle it, so: YES TO ALL. Also I am COMPLETELY convinced that Dr. Whale is Bluebeard. Whale = blue, and and cursed Bluebeard has no beard and can't get a girlfriend! And it explains why he would be fairly pleasant most of the time but suddenly get kind of jerky and creepy when he's chatting up girls. IT FITS. Now I want to see what would happen if he hit on Regina, because that would help the speculation a lot to see her reaction.
5. I suspect it's either a sign of the curse slowly and erratically breaking down, or something Regina is inflicting upon them deliberately to get her bidding done. I prefer the former, I think. It looked kind of like David was reliving searching for Snow, maybe? Theory: the heart in the box is actually Regina's or the heart of her lost love or something similar, Mary Margaret's fingerprints on it are related to back when Snow White found out a secret of the Queen's and couldn't keep it. Perhaps Snow found the heart.
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a. The flashback parts were extremely cute. Sort of "awww, that's the corniest thing I ever heard!" Any other actors, and I think the whole thing would have collapsed in awfulness, but they made it work.
b. After several weeks of sameness in the David/Mary Margaret plot, we finally get some stuff going down. Consequences, intrigue, and by the way, Mary Margaret had a plot and dealt with consequences that didn't really have anything to do with David and whether they were meant for each other. Neat!
c. Rumplestilzkin is just impossibly fascinating in everything he does. He appeared for all of two seconds in this episode, and my reaction was all 'OOOO HE HATES THE FAIRIES! I WONDER WHY?' and connecting it to that time he blew up a fairy godmother and stole her wand. Also, how difficult and/or fun must it be for him to have gone through 28 years of pretending he doesn't have opinions about very different versions of these people.
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My assumption was that Gold was talking strictly about nuns. Fairies never crossed my mind. It kind of implied a terrifying Catholic upbringing, which I thought was hilarious.
The Six (Seven?) Swans is this awesome story about a girl (princess?) with seven (or six) brothers and her evil stepmother turns them into swans. She can save them by weaving them shirts out of nettles, but she can't speak at all while she does it or they'll be stuck as swans forever. A random king happens by and decides to marry her. I don't remember if she was cool with it or not. Anyway, it's one of the rarely-done fairy tales, so of course I have a soft spot for it. Juliet Marillier wrote a nice novel version of it that I believe was called Daughter of the Forest.
Re: resurrecting characters: okay, somehow when I read that paragraph you wrote about it, it reminded me of how the witch in Stardust (movie, not book) reanimated Septimus' body to duel with Tristan. That is probably my favorite scene in ( ... )
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O.M.G. That is all I can say. So much awesome. Best werewolf episode of anything since Phases. Granny is badass. I kept guessing who the werewolf was throughout the episode and I was genuinely surprised--I thought it would be Granny! David Anders was a red herring, I think. OMG I think he's Bluebeard.
Basically I can't think of anything wrong with the episode and I might have a new favorite. Eeeeee! Werewolves and gal pals and Bill Lee and complex murder plots! Yay!
I conclude that last week's fluff was deliberate, as shit got pretty serious this week.
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5. I suspect it's either a sign of the curse slowly and erratically breaking down, or something Regina is inflicting upon them deliberately to get her bidding done. I prefer the former, I think. It looked kind of like David was reliving searching for Snow, maybe? Theory: the heart in the box is actually Regina's or the heart of her lost love or something similar, Mary Margaret's fingerprints on it are related to back when Snow White found out a secret of the Queen's and couldn't keep it. Perhaps Snow found the heart.
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