OUAT 2x03

[redbrunja]

• I wanted to fucking slap the ever loving fuck out of Henry for asking Regina to lunch and then standing her up. Like, it literally bothers me how much I want to physically hurt a ten-year-old boy. But did you hear Regina's voice? God. And then she took another level in being a decent person and sent Charming to get Henry.
• Not being able to bare a child in not A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH. Man, if my mom (aka MY ONLY FAMILY) died so I could have babies with my True Love instead of getting to have both Mom and True Love and maybe an adopted kid if I really wanted one or possibly several years to explore the magical options for barreness-curse-breaking I WOULD BE SO FUCKING PISSED.
• Best scene of the episode was Snow being all protective and Cora being fake-sweet and Emma being like, 'yeah, I'm in an awkward co-parenting situation with the Evil Queen. You know how that that is.'
• As much as I appreciate how female-dominated the cast of Once is, I really do wish that the writers would let eye candy besides Charming live. Lancelot was hot and black and had hints at an epic, interesting backstory. Once, I wanted to see your take on the Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot triangle!
• I am sure Mulan's 'nobody gets to be bitchy or criticize Aurora except me' attitude was appreciated by the shippers.

Comments

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Y'know, the entire situation with Regina sending Charming to get Henry made me realize that if he'd simply gone to lunch with her and asked for her to help out, pointing out that doing so would be a good path to redemption, she'd simply go along with it. And be able to tell Henry which boxes would be useful and which would possibly kill him.

[mistaria.livejournal.com]

I don't know why I thought this but I totally thought that was what he was going to do. I guess I was giving him way too much credit.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I thought about that, but this episode made me wonder if they're setting Henry up to follow in Regina's path. Taking the easy way out, wanting to use magic to solve everything, putting his desires above the feelings and considerations of others. He's been a lonely, angry child for a long time, so it's not a far reach. Of course that's balanced by the presence of Emma, Snow, and Charming, as well as the fact that Henry's mission has kept him occupied for the side of light. It'd be interesting to see the show take him to a darker place of temptation, even with that support.

But I don't really trust the series to be that nuanced, so....

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I thought about that, but this episode made me wonder if they're setting Henry up to follow in Regina's path. Taking the easy way out, wanting to use magic to solve everything, putting his desires above the feelings and considerations of others.

I would LOVE it if they did something like that. I think it's been foreshadowed by how it's clear that Henry had this whole imagining of what it would be like when the curse was broken (back in the FTL, being a prince) that isn't playing out like he wanted. I'd love to see him go down a darker road.

But I don't really trust the series to be that nuanced, so....

Plus I don't want that kid to have a minute more of screen time than absolutely unavoidable, so...