So after seeing a commercial that looked vastly more interesting than the first few minutes I watched of the pilot, I decided to give this show another chance. There are still a lot of small details that I find questionable or ridiculous (like Belle and her father Mr. French being randomly Australian...or the fact that NO ONE reads contracts, even the damn master of bargains...). Snow/Charming are definitely carrying the show for me, and I'm sure a lot of people feel the same. And MY GOD that man is ridiculously attractive! Not just the structure of his face, there's something about him that's so appropriately charming. Brilliant casting there. I like that a lot of the cliche's about these fairy tales are being turned on their heads, even though some of the creative license is a bit wonky. Snow White in particular reminds me of the wonderful book The Bloody Chamber, which retells many old folktales through a feminist perspective. If you haven't read it I highly recommend it.
Totally related to that, one thing I really don't like is the narrative of 'a woman's life is unfulfilled unless she's a mother' that pervades the ENTIRE storyline. And the fact that MM gets ALL of the backlash for 'homewrecking' and David gets NONE, and the writers treat the town's reaction as completely normalized (which it IS, which is exactly what makes it problematic).
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Totally related to that, one thing I really don't like is the narrative of 'a woman's life is unfulfilled unless she's a mother' that pervades the ENTIRE storyline. And the fact that MM gets ALL of the backlash for 'homewrecking' and David gets NONE, and the writers treat the town's reaction as completely normalized (which it IS, which is exactly what makes it problematic).