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shadowkat ([personal profile] shadowkat) wrote2013-03-03 09:23 pm

Once Upon a Time - tonight's episode "The Queen is Dead"

Frustrating but good episode. The good news, I misread the spoiler I was worried about, the bad news - another twist happened that aggravated me and made me want to kick a certain character.



* Alright, Neal, how big of an ass are you? Seriously, if I was Emma - I'd break the news to his fiance - that Neal not only abandoned Emma when she was 18, so that she took the rap, but also left her pregnant.

And Henry is blaming Emma and not kicking Neal? Ack.

This twist was not appreciated. Also how much you want to bet Neal/Baelfire is Peter Pan?
The show is sort of telegraphing it now - the only one who can fly Hook's ship besides Hook according to the tale is Peter Pan. And his reaction to Hook screams Peter Pan.

Did like the explanation which I already came up with - that he had to have gone to Neverland first or he'd be about 100 years old. As he puts it, if this was my first stop I'd be a hundred years old, I stopped over somewhere else first.

* I actually agree with Snow at this point, kill Cora. Although that won't help. Honestly Regina are you a complete idiot? How did you feel when Cora killed Daniel? Do you really think Henry will forgive you and if you lie to him about it, do you think he'll forgive you for that? And not find out? Seriously, this kid has an uncanny way of sniffing out lies and he does not deal at all with them. Heck, Henry can't handle Emma's fib about Neal - and that's relatively minor in comparison to the whoppers you are going to spin. He's still holding a grudge on that one. If you attempt to kill his entire biological family...you might not like the results.

* Was worried that Snow's mom was related to Cora, rather relieved to discover that no, Cora just plotted on killing her and succeeded.

* Regina, I thought you were over the whole heart ripping out bit. And you are going to have stop ripping people's hearts out to be considered redeemable or the least bit good. Sorry, Snow's right...Good Queen's don't go around ripping out hearts and cursing folks to get a happy. Evil Queen's do that. How deep in denial are you? Stop lying to yourself hon and you might have a chance with Henry.

Right now you're behind both Hook and Rumplestilskin on the whole redemption arc bit.
You'd have thought they had made her just slightly nicer. To be fair she does question her mother's actions a bit - but still only in regards to herself. She has got to be the most self-absorbed and self-centered character on the series, with almost no self-awareness. Hon? Your unhappiness is all your own fault - not Snow's. Yours. And Mamma's. If you want to kick the person responsible, kick Mamma. (I don't need her to be redeemed, just less dumb - right now she's reminding me a bit of Elmer Fudd.)

[identity profile] shadowkat67.livejournal.com 2013-03-06 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, sometimes it helps to be just a wee bit Machiavellian. ;-)

I had problems with the clock-tower scene as well. For one thing - why didn't Cora just magically take the dagger from Snow and Charming? Also why not kill them both? Oh that's right...Henry wouldn't like it. And Cora apparently wants to corrupt Snow...that seems to be her game-plan and the point. Because she certainly could have gotten the dagger from Snow without threatening Johanna. As far as I know there was nothing preventing her.

Also why on earth would Snow and Charming believe Regina and Cora would let Johanna go? Because they've done so in the past? Not.

It made no sense that they would hand over the dagger. All I could think was when they tell Rumple and Emma...

Rumple: You were the one who told me to trust family...
Emma: Yes, I know...these are the same people who thought it would be a great idea to put me in a tree with Pinnochio and send me to our world, what was I thinking?
Snow: Wait - Pinnochio went with you? I thought that tree could only handle one person?
Emma: You thought wrong.

This was poorly written - too many logic holes.