Death Cannot Stop True Love

[redbrunja]

I love everyone in this bar!


Abigail/Kathryn was delightful (although, seriously, stop giving the perv-eye to all these old dudes) and I am so glad she has a romance of her own but even before hand was like, "Charming, you're cute, but I am not marrying you. Especially since you have a rug on your head."

The way that the narrative stressed that it was the curse that was making David unable to spit out 'I'm in love with someone else' made that whole arc much more appealing, and I adore that scene at the end with Emma and Mary Margaret and Emma's EPIC BOOTS.

I really liked the scene with Charming and the siren.

And... those are my thoughts. Yours, flist?

Comments

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

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).

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

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.

SO BRILLIANT. One of the things that made me give this show a chance in the first place was that I could see what a brilliant casting choice he was.

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

Tell me about it. Ugh. In general the adoption and motherhood metaphors they're working with DRIVE ME UP THE FUCKING WALL.