First off, I’ll say that I really liked this episode! It was compelling and interesting without being overly dramatic and I got good, strong senses of all the characters-not just who they are but why they do and say certain things. Now for your numbers
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2. Archie has pretty recently climbed the ranks of my favorites, and so many interviews with the creators kept harping on the idea that they want to be the kind of show that kills off characters to prove it's real or something (I feel reasonably certain now that they were bluffing without quite being dishonest.). I would like to say I should have known better (OUAT has not thus far been that kind of show; there have been exactly 3 deaths of characters who appeared in more than one episode), but I have been burned before. I'm just trying not to jinx it or something I guess. Shrug
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Forgot to say: I didn't mean that I had a problem with Emma, I meant that perhaps I thought she was the coolest of her family in the episode.
Also, just to clarify: I am mostly playing devil's advocate re Regina. No amount of crimes should stand in the way of a quality redemption story IMO. It's all just thoughts I had after reading the opinionated Internet that seemed like interesting discussion stuff. OUaT has been doing a pretty good job of glossing over potential grittiness while not completely ignoring it either, and I wouldn't want them to go there in what is for me a relatively fluffy show. I just like to discuss. I totally understand if you don't like that topic and don't want to discuss it. :)
2. Well, I think that is a fair concern to have. It's true that in terms of important characters, Archie is pretty low in the ranks. (I think possibly I love him because he is the "normal guy" amongst all the heroes and fairies and magic weirdos, the guy who is capable of helping people using his brain. Also because he had adorable reddish curls.) However, I personally feel that the "normal" TV rules do not apply to OUAT on account of it is an ABC/Disney familyish show. It doesn't get very adult; even when it tries to, it's pretty glazed over. Graham was obviously conceived to be killed after a certain point, but that doesn't mean the other characters are up for death. But then I think of poor, beautiful, stunted Heroes, which had a lovely array of minor characters that were either sacrificed on the Altar of Sylar or mysteriously vanished due to not being as attractive/popular as Peter, Nathan, Claire, possibly Noah, and, as always, SYLAR
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Also, just to clarify: I am mostly playing devil's advocate re Regina. No amount of crimes should stand in the way of a quality redemption story IMO. It's all just thoughts I had after reading the opinionated Internet that seemed like interesting discussion stuff. OUaT has been doing a pretty good job of glossing over potential grittiness while not completely ignoring it either, and I wouldn't want them to go there in what is for me a relatively fluffy show. I just like to discuss. I totally understand if you don't like that topic and don't want to discuss it. :)
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