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

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

This show has so many mixed messages about adoption

See, I don't think the show has been mixed about adoption at all - adoption IS BAD. Despite the fact that any rational viewer knows that adoption is an option AND that Emma in particular was COMPLETELY unfit to raise a kid when she got knocked up.

I would love to see a character not feel like biology is best and not feel bereft having been separated from a biological parent (see: Emma, Henry, Grace, Hansul & Gretel).

Agreed. Grace is actually the one character where her desire to find her father makes total sense to me - because she had TEN YEARS to build what was a loving, happy relationship.

I feel like maybe this show's writers would benefit from talking to an actual adopted kid/family with adopted kids.

Oh, god, that would have helped them SO MUCH.