THERE IS A WORLD WHERE MAGIC IS REAL AND FULL OF STORYBOOK CHARACTERS WHOSE TALES ARE ALL INTERTWINED IN WAYS YOU WOULD NOT HAVE GUESSED. THERE IS *INTRIGUE* AND CONSTANT DEAL MAKING AND VILLAINS WHO JUST NEED A HUG AND PROBABLY A STABBING. DID I MENTION RUMPLESTILTSKIN? HE HAS THIS BAD-ASS SENSE OF FASHION THAT INVOLVES VESTS AND SHIT AND ALSO HE IS A CONNIVING MAGNIFICENT BASTARD WITH [SPOILERS SPOILERS WOOBIE SPOILERS] AND HE HAS A SCOTTISH ACCENT, SO I'M TALKING SEX APPEAL LIKE DAVID FUCKING TENNANT ONLY HE HAS LIZARD SKIN DID I MENTION?
AND NOBODY SAYS "HAPPILY EVER AFTER", BECAUSE THIS SHOW IS INTERESTED IN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND THINKS IT IS EQUALLY VALUABLE DRAMATIC MATERIAL. IT CARES ABOUT MOMMY ISSUES EVEN MORE THAN MOST SHOWS CARE ABOUT DADDY ISSUES, BUT MOSTLY IT CARES ABOUT PARENTS AND CHILDREN, ADOPTIVE AND OTHERWISE, AND A LOT OF THE TIMES FROM THE POINT OF THE PARENT. HOLY SHIT.
EMMA FIGHTS A DRAGON. SNOW WHITE AND PRINCE CHARMING ARE IN LOVE AND CONSTANTLY SWORDFIGHTING THEIR WAY TO SAVING EACH OTHER. NOT JUST HIM SAVING HER. NOT JUST HER SAVING HIM. AND THE OTHER PERSON PRINCE CHARMING WAS ENGAGED TO MARRY? SHE IS A BADASS WITH A GREAT RIDING OUTFIT AND THE SHOW DOES NOT DISAPPROVE OF HER FOR NOT BEING CHARMING'S TRUE LOVE. AND RED RIDING HOOD? FUCKING AWESOME IN A WAY THAT IT IS SPOILERY TO MENTION, BUT SHE IS GREAT AND HAS RED DYE IN HER HAIR WHICH I LIKE.
OH GOD RUMPLES. I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW I LOVE HIM SO MUCH, I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. I LOVE THE FLASHBACKS CAUSE WE GET TO SEE RESERVED MISTER GOLD WHO IS PLOTTING, PLOTTING, PLOTTING, ALWAYS PLAYING A LONGER GAME THAN ANYONE REALIZES, THEN AS RUMPLES HE IS HAVING A FUCKING SEVEN COURSE MEAL OUT OF THE SCENERY AND GIVES NO FUCKS WHILE HE GIGGLES HYSTERICALLY BUT ALSO WITH THE ALWAYS PLOTTING AND THE LONGEST OF ALL POSSIBLE GAMES, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW! STILL SO MUCH I DON'T KNOW!THE SHOW SATISFIES ME AND LEAVES ME WANTING MORE
(JUST LIKE YOUR MOM. ALSO THIS SHOW IS FUUUULLL OF MILFS)
OH GOD, DO YOU KNOW MY BOYFRIEND AND I SPENT AN ENTIRE EVENING TRYING TO RECREATE HIS CRAZED GIGGLES? I KNOW ONE OF THE REASONS I LOVE HIM IS BECAUSE HE CAN BE THIS SLY STOIC SCHEMER AND THEN CHEWING THE SCENERY LIKE THERE'S BEEN A DROUGHT AND NONE OF THE SCENERY WOULD GROW FOR MONTHS. SEVEN COURSE MEAL? MAKE THAT EIGHT, AND HE SNUCK SOME OF THE DESSERT INTO A FUCKING NAPKIN TO SAVE FOR LATER PRANCING AND EVIL FINGERTAPPING BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY.
I love that this show can take the stories we've known forever in so many different versions and just put a whole new twist on them, in the way that can only be done in serial fiction. Like who knew I'd be shipping [SPOILER]/[SPOILER]? The show ties all these characters from different stories and different worlds together beautifully.
OMG OMFG DO YOU KNOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW (YOU DO BUT LET'S JUST PLAY THIS OUT FOR A MOMENT)
VESTS AND SHIT AND THEN SMASHING THE FUCK OUT OF GLASS CABINETS IS THE NEW CRYING ON A BEACH.
BEAUTY AND BEAST MOTIFS WHERE THE BEAST IS ACTUALLY A FUCKIN BEAST AND NOT JUST A MOPEY DUDE WITH A BAD FACE TATTOO AND YOU SAY "HOLY SHIT, CHICK, YOU ARE INTO THAT? YOU ARE A LONGTERM INVESTMENT GOOD HEARTED CHICK, CHICK!"
AND THEN YOU SAY "OH WHO AM I EVEN KIDDING I AM INTO THAT AND SO IS HALF OF TUMBLR FINALLY MY SHIPPER HEART IF SET FREE"
GODDAMN
ALSO SECONDING RED. RED. FUCK MY CAPS ARE NOT CAPPED ENOUGH TO EMPHASIZE THIS PROPERLY HOLY SHIT SHE'S GREAT.
I MEAN, DON'T GET ME WRONG I WAS ALREADY INVESTED IN THE SHOW FOR "ADVANCED LADY-REASONS" AND THEN SKIN DEEP HAPPENED AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIT ME BUT OH GOD HE CAN BE SO VULNERABLE HOW DID HE DO THAT HOW DID THIS HAPPEN WHY DID THEY HAVE TO CAST SOMEONE THAT GOOD AND ALSO FROM GLASGOW???
GOD I KNOW I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SHIP THIS, THIS SHOW, HOW DOES IT DO THIS TO ME, IT'S CRUEL, CRUEL TO GET ME SO INVOLVED. I LIKE THE CANON SHIPS! LIKE, SHOW? SHOW? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I WANT THEM TO LOVE HAPPILY EVER. THEY DROPPED IN A LINE ABOUT HOW IT'S BEEN MONTHS BECAUSE ONE OF MY PET PEEVES IS PEOPLE FALLING IN LOVE TOO FAST. BUT MONTHS! YES!
AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A CREEPY FUCKED UP RELATIONSHIP WITH HER IF SHE WAS HIS CAPTIVE, SO HE LET HER GO. IF YOU LOVE SOMETHING, SET IT FREE! AND SHE CAME BACK TO HIM! I LIKE CAN'T ACTUALLY FAULT WHAT HE DID IN THAT SCENE AT ALL! HE'S ALL "OKAY I WON'T SHARE MY PAIN IF I THINK YOU'RE SERIOUS, ALSO FREEDOM", ALSO MAYBE HE'S REALIZED IT'S MEAN TO KEEP HER CAPTIVE. MAYBE HIS PLAN ALL ALONG WAS TO GET A GIRL WHO WAS WHINY AND SCARED OF HIM THEN LET HER GO WHEN HE GOT BORED, BUT BELLE WAS JUST SO SWEET AND KIND AND MAKING THE BEST OUT OF THE SITUATION AND WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE FIRST PERSON TO TREAT HIM LIKE A HUMAN INSTEAD OF A MONSTER SINCE BAE AND UUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH
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IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS
Date: 2012-10-16 03:17 am (UTC)AND NOBODY SAYS "HAPPILY EVER AFTER", BECAUSE THIS SHOW IS INTERESTED IN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND THINKS IT IS EQUALLY VALUABLE DRAMATIC MATERIAL. IT CARES ABOUT MOMMY ISSUES EVEN MORE THAN MOST SHOWS CARE ABOUT DADDY ISSUES, BUT MOSTLY IT CARES ABOUT PARENTS AND CHILDREN, ADOPTIVE AND OTHERWISE, AND A LOT OF THE TIMES FROM THE POINT OF THE PARENT. HOLY SHIT.
EMMA FIGHTS A DRAGON. SNOW WHITE AND PRINCE CHARMING ARE IN LOVE AND CONSTANTLY SWORDFIGHTING THEIR WAY TO SAVING EACH OTHER. NOT JUST HIM SAVING HER. NOT JUST HER SAVING HIM. AND THE OTHER PERSON PRINCE CHARMING WAS ENGAGED TO MARRY? SHE IS A BADASS WITH A GREAT RIDING OUTFIT AND THE SHOW DOES NOT DISAPPROVE OF HER FOR NOT BEING CHARMING'S TRUE LOVE. AND RED RIDING HOOD? FUCKING AWESOME IN A WAY THAT IT IS SPOILERY TO MENTION, BUT SHE IS GREAT AND HAS RED DYE IN HER HAIR WHICH I LIKE.
Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS
Date: 2012-10-16 03:20 am (UTC)(JUST LIKE YOUR MOM. ALSO THIS SHOW IS FUUUULLL OF MILFS)
Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS
Date: 2012-10-16 03:36 am (UTC)I IDENTIFY WITH THAT SO FUCKING HARD.
Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS
Date: 2012-10-16 03:38 am (UTC)Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS
Date: 2012-10-16 05:07 am (UTC)JUST SAYING.
Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS
Date: 2012-10-16 03:26 am (UTC)Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS
Date: 2012-10-16 04:59 am (UTC)VESTS AND SHIT AND THEN SMASHING THE FUCK OUT OF GLASS CABINETS IS THE NEW CRYING ON A BEACH.
BEAUTY AND BEAST MOTIFS WHERE THE BEAST IS ACTUALLY A FUCKIN BEAST AND NOT JUST A MOPEY DUDE WITH A BAD FACE TATTOO AND YOU SAY "HOLY SHIT, CHICK, YOU ARE INTO THAT? YOU ARE A LONGTERM INVESTMENT GOOD HEARTED CHICK, CHICK!"
AND THEN YOU SAY "OH WHO AM I EVEN KIDDING I AM INTO THAT AND SO IS HALF OF TUMBLR FINALLY MY SHIPPER HEART IF SET FREE"
GODDAMN
ALSO SECONDING RED. RED. FUCK MY CAPS ARE NOT CAPPED ENOUGH TO EMPHASIZE THIS PROPERLY HOLY SHIT SHE'S GREAT.
Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS
Date: 2012-10-16 05:16 am (UTC)MOTTO THIS.
AND FUCK YES, MY SHIPPER HEART WAS SET FUCKING FREE. DOUBLE GODDAMN.
Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS
Date: 2012-10-16 05:26 am (UTC)Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS
Date: 2012-10-16 03:07 pm (UTC)AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A CREEPY FUCKED UP RELATIONSHIP WITH HER IF SHE WAS HIS CAPTIVE, SO HE LET HER GO. IF YOU LOVE SOMETHING, SET IT FREE! AND SHE CAME BACK TO HIM! I LIKE CAN'T ACTUALLY FAULT WHAT HE DID IN THAT SCENE AT ALL! HE'S ALL "OKAY I WON'T SHARE MY PAIN IF I THINK YOU'RE SERIOUS, ALSO FREEDOM", ALSO MAYBE HE'S REALIZED IT'S MEAN TO KEEP HER CAPTIVE. MAYBE HIS PLAN ALL ALONG WAS TO GET A GIRL WHO WAS WHINY AND SCARED OF HIM THEN LET HER GO WHEN HE GOT BORED, BUT BELLE WAS JUST SO SWEET AND KIND AND MAKING THE BEST OUT OF THE SITUATION AND WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE FIRST PERSON TO TREAT HIM LIKE A HUMAN INSTEAD OF A MONSTER SINCE BAE AND UUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH
Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS
Date: 2012-10-16 03:03 pm (UTC)NO GLASS IS SAFE FROM RUMPLES.
SIDNEY HAD BETTER FUCKING HIDE FOR REALS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING!