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seraya7

A Land Without Magic

May 14, 2012 19:20

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(I should point out I wrote most of this right after watching, hence the slightly hyper reactions to things)

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seraya7 May 15 2012, 01:56:10 UTC

Just read some very interesting discussion of Emma's romantic prospects. Specifically, how both Jefferson and August wanted something from her-their interest in her was because she was special, not because of who she was. Neither of those have so far actually been treated as romantic on the show. Jefferson has the drugging and stalking and rape and madness vibe, and doesn't seem to give a crap about Emma honestly. (I think it would be a lot more fun to ship him with Regina, personally. Especially in flashbacks to when they first met.) August did a little vague flirting early on (arguably. I personally feel he just didn't know how to approach her at first and she interpreted it as flirting, but ymmv), but that's it as far as romance for the two goes, and their relationship became a sibling-esque friendship. Graham, on the other hand, was always approaching Emma with a sweet flirting vibe, both characters reacting as if they were interested in the other. Graham didn't want anything from her. He was unaware of her 'specialness' and just ( ... )

seraya7 May 16 2012, 21:07:05 UTC

Now that I have calmed down, my reaction to my reaction is "well DUH." Of COURSE Rumple wasn't really on Emma's side. We KNOW he's been on his own side from the start. I suppose I expected him to just coolly help Emma break the curse, and THEN run off to do his own thing, but I'm not sure why I was so shocked when he tricked Emma into retrieving the potion for him and then ditched her. I mean, that's what he does.

seraya7 May 16 2012, 21:12:48 UTC

I was reading some discussion about the so-called 'price of magic' that Rumple is always talking about, and also what the return of magic means for specific characters and situations, and rather than joining the community and adding to the discussion, I will post my thoughts here where no one will ever read them. Hooray ( ... )

seraya7 May 16 2012, 21:13:03 UTC

I don't think that the return of magic will turn everyone back into their animal forms. August was a special case: his transformation came with a condition that he failed to fulfill, which gradually turned him back into wood (and I believe his lingering ability to move that increasingly vanished was all about residual magic for his condition fading away). It didn't have anything to do with the presence or absense of magic. Jiminy's transformation was a straightforward, one-time deal; he was turned human partly because being a cricket was his happy ending and partly because sentient crickets don't exist in this world. Magic made the transformation happen, and I think someone would have to cast a new spell with the new magic to transform him again. Red was a werewolf, which obviously doesn't exist in our world, but she retained or gradually regained certain things like tracking ability. In fact, I'd guess that she is still a werewolf (as opposed to human), but she requires the presence of magic to actually transform. So, under my logic ( ... )

seraya7 May 16 2012, 22:25:13 UTC

My meticulous analysis of Dr. Whale's traits ( ... )

seshathawk May 22 2012, 00:36:07 UTC

I saw all your comments and felt badly for being so busy over the weekend that I forgot to post this, and then I realized all your comments were on the same day and felt a little better. However: I don't understand a lot of the stuff you're saying. The Little Mermaid, wtf? Where did that come from? I think you're responding to speculation you've read and I haven't? I don't like spoilery speculation! :p

Anyway, here is my list:

1. Okay, let’s get this one bad thing out of the way first: I'm not sure what I expected. I didn't have real expectations going in, just as I started seeing the purple fog and realizing it was about to end, I was kind of going, "...oh. Really? Oh." I was trying to think of how to describe this problem to you, and I thought of describing it as "To Shanshu in L.A." (it's been a while, just a reminder that this is the season one closer to Angel): there's some crazy plot stuff happening and then it all gets tied up relatively calmly and then in the last thirty seconds: WHOA MAN and then you have something to ( ... )