I Don't Even Want To Think About How This Is The Last Episode For The Next Six Months

[redbrunja]

-I completely approve of Charming's bloody knuckles as he attempted to break out of the cell.

–I wish I hadn't been spoiled for the return of the Huntsman. But I just have to say... twenty bucks on 'stalling the queen' involving him, Regina, and her bedchamber, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. And no, Graham, you did not 'give up your heart.' Regina just took it.

–That fight between Regina and Emma... so intense. So perfect. I loved that Regina just admitted what she'd done and that Emma was immediately like, '...so what do we do?' I really, really want these two to just get married and coparent Henry.

–That fight with Rumpelstiltskin and Charming was fun but pointless. I did like the way that Rumpelstiltskin mocked Charming's courage - it's clear he's trying to tear down a quality that he manifestly does not have.

–David is just terrible. Go away, David! Please try and go to Boston. Please.

–re: Belle: "She died." More relevantly, you were an asshole.

–Once fandom, or at least, the two main parts of fandom I'm in (the Regina is awesomecakes part and the Belle/Rumpelstiltskin part) like to argue a lot about whether Regina is THE EVILEST or Rumpelstiltskin is THE EVILEST, which, to me, is kind of like arguing whether the pot or the kettle is blacker, but the one place where Rumpelstiltskin does have a moral advantage over Regina is that he keeps the (incredibly one-sided) deals he makes. Regina, not so much. It is, in fact, the single thing I find unattractive about her. Which is to say, I would not advise that Regina leave her unconscious son with Jefferson after blowing him off. Because yes, this man clearly does not have the spine to kill her - but I could absolutely buy him smothering an unconscious ten-year-old.

–I defy anyone to think Regina doesn't love Henry after seeing that look on her face when she saw him through the glass. When the scene cut at Emma's epic sadface, I thought for a minute that season two was going to be all about Regina and Emma teaming up (which, FYI, I have loved seeing in this episode) and going after Mr. Gold. Which would have been awesome.

–I loved that Jefferson was the person who got Belle out of the hospital but I am CRUSHED that it was teased that Belle wouldn't remember while Mr. Gold would - which was exactly what I wanted - and then thirty seconds later the curse was broken-ish.

–I am not sure how I feel about Storybrooke getting the magic back - the writers resolved a fuckton of plot threads all at once and I'm not sure what season two is going to be about, at all. (Part of me would have been perfectly happy to have Emma disbelieve and only Mr. Gold and Regina know for sure for another half a season, at least.)

–Snow and Charming's 'I remember you kiss' was excellently epic.

–On the Belle/Rumpelstiltskin front, I hope that next season writers actually explore the fact that Rumpelstiltskin does love power a fuckton. I feel like all my fellow shippers are going to be like, 'everything is rainbows!' and I'm like, 'this dick couldn't pause for three seconds to explain to his poor, just got out of the hospital basement gf what he was about to do? That is not a good thing.' Also, I do not yet see how this gets him closer to his son.

Comments

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing Rumpelstiltskin is still running an epic Xanatos gambit here with the magic; on some level he probably figures that he needs power to ensure he can protect Belle and/or find his son and that was his main goal in going to the well. He's Lawful Evil at worst, and really really really bad at explaining things (see: why he didn't try to talk to Belle and confirm that it was a sinister motive behind her kissing him before tossing her out), so I think that they need to have a crossover with Castle and let Beckett's therapist treat everyone in Storybrooke because dear god they need it. Couples counseling for Gold and Belle and Emma and Regina at the very least.

[tigerpetals.livejournal.com]

I completely thought it was imprudent to leave Jefferson in the same room with Henry. For a bit I thought he was responsible for Henry getting worse enough to die somehow.

I wanted a Regina/Emma teamup too. Wondering what Regina will do with her powers now, besides the obvious of protecting herself, and what is up with Henry. He's a key character here, so I've been wanting to know for a long time how he knew about the fairytale world and why he was so steadfast in shunning Regina throughout the entire show. I waited for him to say something to her and nothing. I appreciate that the focus is on the women, but it wouldn't take away from that to have an explanation.It leaves a gap in Regina's character too, because the only thing about her relationship with him that we know is that she's devoted and he's inexplicably upset with being her son.

And I was like...really? Really Emma, you think Regina just left you there when Henry was at stake? And that Mr. Gold is trustworthy enough to give that thing to? Though I don't blame her for it all, it's my internal emotional reaction.

I'm happy everyone got their memories back. It's true that now much of the initial premise is resolved, except I suppose their happy endings are in peril yet again, but my thing with shows is that I know they could keep drawing things out forever, so I'm glad this one didn't. We'd have moved far from the original premise anyway in drawing it out with more subplots, but now hopefully it can be built on, since it's resolved.

I feel that's where they're going, since what he did was just that - use Emma and Regina to get his power back. Though I don't expect that we'll be going back to the Fairytale world with the Storybrooke characters, since he'd be back where he started and I thought he wanted to go to this world to look for his son? And he's trying to have it all, powers, girlfriend, and son who left him because of his power abuse? Which shows he can't get past his issues - he only gave the knife to August when it was powerless.

I was spoiled for the huntsman and Maleficent, but it's my own fault for viewing sneak peeks as well as reading interviews and speculation based on all of the above. I was also spoiled for there being a death, which I assume is August since Maleficent isn't a big enough character for it to be important that she died. Speaking of, it was kind of silly that Emma threw a sword at her. I suppose maybe that part of her neck was thin-skinned, and fairytale swords aren't heavy or something? Because only Buffy, or I suppose any superstrength-having person, could have done that. Then again, it's something they have guys do things like that all the time when it's equally unrealistic, so I don't mind.

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

–I loved that Jefferson was the person who got Belle out of the hospital but I am CRUSHED that it was teased that Belle wouldn't remember while Mr. Gold would - which was exactly what I wanted - and then thirty seconds later the curse was broken-ish.

That would have been much more interesting IMO. Or I've read way too much good fic where this happens and watching Gold be desperate/adorkable around Belle is way more satisfying.

–On the Belle/Rumpelstiltskin front, I hope that next season writers actually explore the fact that Rumpelstiltskin does love power a fuckton. I feel like all my fellow shippers are going to be like, 'everything is rainbows!' and I'm like, 'this dick couldn't pause for three seconds to explain to his poor, just got out of the hospital basement gf what he was about to do? That is not a good thing.'

I agree it's not good, but it's in character for him- the guy does not have a solid background in ever showing other people more than one card in his hand at a time, if that. He's been clinging to the voice in the back of his head that insists he not trust anyone for so long that he probably barely remembers how. (Not that trusting people got him very far before his 'career change' in fairytale land, anyways.)