OUAT - Episode Quite a Common Fairy

[shadowkat]

* Tinkerbell has the worst outfit (although pre-evil queen Regina's isn't much better). Why do only evil characters get the cool outfits? Also the Blue Fairy is a wee bit rigid regarding her rules.

* Tinkerbell's back story is really all about Regina. I'm not sure it worked for me, but Regina's back story seldom works for me. Tink found her soulmate, but Regina couldn't move on and was too scared to turn her back on her rage which fueled her power - so missed out.
However, she appears to have learned something from her mistakes.

What interested me was Regina attempts to commit suicide when she meets with Tinkerbell. The first time she jumps from her balcony and Tink stops her. The second time, she pulls out her heart and hands it to Tink. But the second time wasn't really suicide so much as a challenge.
She told Tink that if you kill me you've made my same mistakes. I put revenge above everything and look at my heart - it's hard and black, do you want the same? I want tell you what to do, the choice is yours. (It's the opposite of Rumplestilskin's pep talks).

Also belief seems to be important and central to the story here. Belief in love, oneself, in others. The Blue Fairy stopped believing in Tinkerbell and she lost her wings. She has no magic unless someone believes in her. And Pan wants Henry because he's the truest believer and destined to restore magic back to the world - Neverland runs on magic and imagination.
Without they are doomed. In short Pan and Tinkerbell are the opposite of last year's villains, who wanted to remove magic from the world. Ironic that Pan manipulated last year's villains...

* Apparently Regina's soulmate with the lion tattoo is none other than Robin Hood. (Interesting). And her inability to meet him - ruined both their lives, which is why Tink sees it as selfish. (I don't know if Robin would agree with that - he loved Marilyn and has a kid named Roland.) Poor Regina seems destined to shoot herself in the foot. I'm beginning to like the character quite a bit. When she's not playing the EVIIIL QUEEN, the actress is actually really good.

* Regina has noticed the romantic vibe between Hook and Emma - and calls Hook, Emma's boyfriend, much to Snow and Emma's chagrin. They remind her that Emma just lost Neil. (See that wasn't my imagine - they are definitely going with a Hook/Emma vibe..because you know, the drama!)

* Meanwhile in FTL - Robin Hood and Mulan help Neal find a way back to Neverland. Neal uses Robin's kid to summon Pan's shadow and hitches a ride. Clever. That never occurred to me. This show continues to surprise me.

And Robin asks Mulan to join his merry men after she rescues his son Roland from the shadow.
(Also Little John looks a lot like Tiny the Giant.)

What interested me is the person Mulan has been mooning over and feels she needs to tell how much she loves and hasn't found the courage to do so is not Phillip but Aurora. Nice twist.
But I thought she loved Phillip prior to waking Aurora? I don't know, as much as I like this twist, and I do, it makes Mulan seem terribly fickle. That said - Jamie Chung played her love for Aurora better than she did for Phillip and she and Aurora had more chemistry.

Since Aurora is expecting a baby with Prince Phillip (who didn't even get a cameo this round), Mulan took Robin up on his offer. (I still think Mulan is perfect for Hook.)

* Meanwhile - Baelfire/Neal finally landed in Neverland. I'm very happy about this - means some Rumple and Baelfire scenes, which are long overdue. They have a similar goal this time.

* Little worried about Charming...please don't kill him off. I don't believe they will. I think the leads are pretty much safe. But considering they wanted to kill him off in the first season, one never knows.

Comments

[atpo-onm.livejournal.com]

Tinkerbell has the worst outfit.

Really? I rather liked it. A lot sleeker than the complex, super-fancy stuff most of the fairies wear. Definitely agree that the Blue Fairy seems kinda unforgiving, after all, Tink did mean well. Losing your wings over it seems way harsh.

What interested me was Regina attempts to commit suicide when she meets with Tinkerbell. The first time she jumps from her balcony and Tink stops her.

Don't have a tape copy to go back and check, but I thought Regina's fall was an accident-- she was angry and pounding on the railing, it broke, she lost her balance and fell. Did I miss something?

I may very well be wrong-- shaky memory these days, but is this the first time Regina actually did something approaching a selfless gesture that did not involve Henry directly? Namely, that deal with cautioning Tink about what it would do if she stooped to revenge.

I did really appreciate that the writers left a lot of ambiguity in the scene. That is, was Regina truly sorry for what she did to Tink, or was she just conniving a way to not be dead? Or was it all about trying anything possible if it would help them rescue Henry? No matter which, it was a really risky bit there, offering Tink her heart, and the ability to crush it.

Future ep prediction? I'm hoping that Regina has something to do with Tink getting her wings back, either through Henry (who really believes, right?) or maybe even via the Blue Fairy back in Storybrooke.

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure if we were supposed to see Tinkerbell calling Regina "selfish" for not throwing herself at the Man with the Lion Tattoo as something the writers also believed, or something that was squarely just Tinkerbell's opinion, but it felt like both, and that gave me the wiggins. Not a big Regina fan, but even as nasty as she was about it afterwards, she didn't owe Tink a thing for finding her New Twu Wuv.

And now Neal is back in Neverland to find Emma and Henry, and the minute he landed, they segued right to Emma and Hook, and I just got a bad feeling. Hook's gonna make a move on Emma, and she either responds briefly and Neal sees it, or she responds with some enthusiasm and Neal sees it. Just to keep the Emma+Neal thing at bay so there's no happy together there any time soon.

Speaking of which, are we in suspense about Charming being poisoned? Because I'm unspoiled for the season and actor stuff, but I think something will come up and save him before he dies. The real suspense is, what will he have to pay for the cure, and how will that change the story.

In conclusion, fairies are all kind of jerks, y'know?

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

Tinkerbell has the worst outfit

I have to say, I loved it. The worst outfit belongs to Blue Fairy, IMO. Wearing that garish lampshade for centuries? One has to believe it is the right thing to do.

Overall, I loved the episode, and Tinkerbell's introduction, a lot. I don't think her backstory was all about Regina – after all, Regina was her last chance, so she must have quite a history with being a proper fairy. And Blue's strict adherence to rules looks very sinister here. Being Mother Superior in cursed Storybrook makes total sense for her.