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[jetpack_monkey]

thirdblindmouse has threatened to spam my journal with OUAT feels. I say bring it on.

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YOU DARE CHALLENGE ME?

[thirdblindmouse]

OKAY, FIRST OF ALL. REGINA. SHE IS FUCKING AMAZING. DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW FUCKING AWESOME SHE IS? WELL MAYBE SHE ISN'T. I MEAN, SHE IS, SHE'S GOT ALL THIS MAGIC AND SHIT, SHE IS THE EVIL FUCKING QUEEN. BUT SHE'S GOT PAIN. REAL PAIN LIKE I CAN'T REVEAL BECAUSE IT'S A LATE S1 SPOILER, BUT THE BEST PART IS FROM 1X01-1X02: THIS ONE TIME HER ALL-CONSUMING PAIN/HATRED OF SNOW WHITE LED HER TO MURDER HER FATHER, THE ONE PERSON IN ALL THE WORLD SHE LOVED MOST, SO THAT SHE COULD CURSE SNOW. AND AS A RESULT, THERE IS A HOLE IN HER THAT MIGHT NEVER BE FILLED. BUT THERE IS ONE LOOPHOLE IN HER CURSE THAT SHE COULDN'T FILL, AND THAT IS THAT SNOW'S DAUGHTER COULD ESCAPE AND END THE CURSE. AND SNOW'S BABY DAUGHTER DOES ESCAPE.

18 YEARS INTO THE CURSE, A STILL-EMPTY-HEARTED REGINA DECIDES TO ADOPT A SON TO FILL THAT HOLE (SHE NAMES HIM AFTER HER DAD AWWWW). BUT SHE CAN'T BRING HERSELF TO LOVE EVEN HER SON, BECAUSE SHE'S EMPTY INSIDE. IS YOUR HEART NOT BREAKING YET? AND WHAT'S WORSES, THE BOY'S BIRTH MOTHER COMES TO TOWN TO STEAL HER SON. BECAUSE HE SON WENT AND GOT HER AND ASKED HER TO, BECAUSE HE THINKS REGINA IS EVIL. HOW ABOUT NOW, BREAKING YET? WORST OF ALL, THIS WOMAN, *HER OWN SON'S MOTHER* IS THE ONE WHO WILL END THE CURSE! HER ARCHENEMY'S GRANDSON IS THE ONE SHE WANTS TO LOVE MORE THAN ANYTHING.

AND FOR ANOTHER THING

[thirdblindmouse]

EMMA. SHE IS BAD-ASS DR. CAMERON OR WHATEVER, BUT SHE CATCHES BAD GUYS, BAIL JUMPERS. SHE IS LONELY THOUGH, BECAUSE SHE IS AN ORPHAN WHO GREW UP IN THE SYSTEM, NEVER GOT ADOPTED BY PEOPLE WHO LOVE HER. BUT SHE HAD A KID WHEN SHE WAS EIGHTEEN AND IN AS-OF-YET UNDISCLOSED TROUBLE, SO SHE GAVE THE BABY UP FOR ADOPTION. TEN YEARS LATER WHEN SHE IS CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY ALL ALONE AFTER BEING ALL BADASS CATCHING BAD GUYS *ON HER BIRTHDAY* WHO SHOWS UP BUT THIS LITTLE BOY WHO SAYS HE'S HER SON AND THREATENS TO TELL PEOPLE SHE ABDUCTED HIM IF SHE DOESN'T COME HOME WITH HIM. THE LITTLE SNOT. BUT THAT KIND OF BLACKMAIL IS POWERFUL, AND SHE HEADS HOME WITH HIM AND OH SHIT SHE JUST LANDED IN A STORYBOOK AND HER SON IS BEING RAISED BY AN EVIL WITCH -- EITHER THAT OR THERE'S A LITTLE CRAZY BOY WHOSE MOTHER SHE KNOWS DOESN'T LOVE HIM. AND SHE BECOMES FUCKING SHERIFF AND THERE IS CHAINSAW ACTION IT IS AWESOME I AM NOT EVEN KIDDING ALTHOUGH THERE SHOULD BE A WARNING FOR "HARM TO TREES" BECAUSE I FIND THAT SHIT GENIUINELY UPSETTING. ALSO, THERE MIGHT BE SUBTEXT WITH SAID EVIL WITCH, WHO IS ACTUALLY JUST AN EVIL MAYOR, EXCEPT EMMA CAN'T PROVE SHE'S EVIL AND SHE SEEMS TO WANT TO BE A GOOD MOTHER.

[laura47]

GENDER. OH MY GOD. THS SHOW PASSES THE BECHDEL TEST IN PRACTICATLY *EVERY SCENE*. THE SHOW IS ABOUT WOMEN, COMPLICATED WOMEN, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS, AND ALSO THERE ARE DUDES BUT THE CENTRAL THREE FIGURES ON THE SEASON ONE DVD ARE WOMEN ALSO WITH SOME DUDES TO THE SIDE.

FRIDGING. DO YOU KNOW WHO THEY FRIDGE? THEY FRIDGE DUDES IN THE SERVICE OF THE EMOTIONAL/NARRATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN, IT IS AMAZING.

Re: AND FOR ANOTHER THING

[laura47]

SHE HAD A SAD CUPCAKE. ALL ALONE IN A NOT-VERY-LIVED-IN LOOKING APARTMENT IN BOSTON, WITH A SINGLE CUPCAKE WITH A SINGLE CANDLE AND SHE WISHED TO NOT BE ALONE ON HER BIRTHDAY AND BLEW IT OUT AND THEN HENRY SHOWED UP

Re: YOU DARE CHALLENGE ME?

[jetpack_monkey]

I heart you.

[laura47]

JANE ESPENSON. YOU PROBABLY LOVE JANE ESPENSON AS A RIGHT THINKING HUMAN, AND SHE IS ONE OF THE WRITERS, AND HER EPISODES ARE THE FUCKING BEST. I DIDN'T NOTICE AT FIRST BUT WHEN I CHECKED ALL THE BEST ONES WERE WRITTEN BY HER, AND THEN LATER IN THE SEASON I WAS SOOOO EXCITED FOR HER EPISODES.

THEY ARE ALL PRETTY GOOD, IN ALL THE EPISODES THERE'S ONLY ONE I DON'T LIKE AND THAT'S REALLY SAYING A LOT WITH TWENTY-ODD EPISODES.

[jetpack_monkey]

You're adorable.

IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS

[thirdblindmouse]

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.

[thirdblindmouse]

I WAS ABOUT TO ADD THIS. JANE FUCKING ESPENSON. SHE BRINGS THE HUMOUR TOO. I DIDN'T KNOW I ADORED HER BEFORE THIS SHOW BUT I DOOO.

WHAT EPISODE DIDN'T YOU LIKE?

[laura47]

ALSO ABC IS OWNED BY DISNEY OR SOMETHING SO THEY GET TO STEAL FROM DISNEY VERSIONS ALL THEY WANT WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING BOUND TO BEING FAITHFUL, SO BELLE WEARS THOSE GORGEOUS DRESSES FROM BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, WHILE IN THE SAME EPISODE REGINA IS ALL "NOT THAT I'M SUGGESTING A YOUNG GIRL KISS A MAN WHO HOLDS HER CAPTIVE, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE IS THAT?" THEY SNARK AT FAIRYTALE TROPES! THEY ARE META! THEY HAVE FUN WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING! I LOVE CREATORS WHO ARE HAVING FUN!

Re: AND FOR ANOTHER THING

[thirdblindmouse]

AND NOW SHE HAS A MOTHER WHO KNOWS WHAT IS FUCKING BEST RE: OGRES. ;_;

Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS

[laura47]

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)

[laura47]

FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE, REWATCHED IT YESTERDAY IN FACT.

Re: YOU DARE CHALLENGE ME?

[thirdblindmouse]

LOOK, I'M KIND OF MANIC RIGHT NOW AND SOMEBODY GAVE ME ACCESS TO A KEYBOARD. YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF.

Re: YOU DARE CHALLENGE ME?

[laura47]

HE REALLY DID! HE TAUNTED US!

Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS

[airawyn]

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.

[thirdblindmouse]

THE MAINE PLOT IS LACKING, AS IS SIDNEY, BUT I LOVE THE GENIE. I WISH SO HARD THAT [SPOILER] WASN'T [SPOILER], AND MY POSSIBLY FOOLISH HEADCANON IS THAT HER FEELINGS ARE COMPLEX ON THIS SUBJECT. SOMEONE LOVES HER, THAT HAS TO MATTER. TRUE LOVE IS *MAGIC*, YOU KNOW.

I DON'T LIKE WHAT THE PLOT DOES TO LEOPOLD'S CHARACTER, OR AT LEAST, I DON'T LIKE THAT THEY NEVER ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT IT MAKES HIM.

[thirdblindmouse]

AND THE COLORS, DUKE, THE COLORS! THIS IS THE SHOW TO VID. SO PRETTY.

[laura47]

ALSO ALSO REDEMPTION. THE SHOW IS CLEARLY GOING FOR A SERIES-LONG THEME OF REDEMPTION, AND THAT IS ONE OF MY BULLET PROOF NARRATIVE KINKS I GUESS. "THERE CAN ALWAYS BE NEW BEGINNINGS, EVEN FOR PEOPLE LIKE US." I ALWAYS WANT PEOPLE TO REDEEM THEMSELVES AND MAKE AMENDS AND FORGIVE, I THINK FORGIVENESS IS REALLY GOOD THING TO DO INSTEAD OF HATING, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT PLAY OUT. ALSO I THINK IT DOES A BETTER JOB THAN THE SHOW ACTUALLY CALLED "REVENGE" OR ILLUSTRATING "WHEN YOU SET OUT ON A PATH OF REVENGE, DIG TWO GRAVES" EVEN THOUGH THAT IS THE OPENING QUOTE OF THE SHOW CALLED REVENGE.

IT'S JUST SO GOOOOOOOD! IT MAKES ME CRY WITH BOTH HAPPINESS AND SADNESS!

[laura47]

YES YES THAT

Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS

[thirdblindmouse]

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 IDENTIFY WITH THAT SO FUCKING HARD.

Re: IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DELIGHTS

[laura47]

THE PRANCING AND THE FINGERTAPPING!!!! OHHHHH THE PRANCING!

[laura47]

TOO MUCH OF THE PLOT RELIES ON PEOPLE BEING PREEEEETTY DUMB

ALSO LEOPOLD WHAT THE FUCK, EITHER HE WAS WHAT HE WAS IN THAT EPISODE, OR THAT WAS WEIRD AND OOC AND HE WAS MORE LIKE IN THE OTHER I JUST DUNNO

[laura47]

MY FEEEEEELS

Re: AND FOR ANOTHER THING

[anoel]

THIS!!! SHE IS SO AWESOME WITH THE SWORDS AND FIGHTING AND NOT TALKING ABOUT FEELINGS AND SHE WAS LEFT ALLLLLLL ALONE AS A KID WITH PARENTS WHO ABANDONED HER AND ITS SO HARD TO SEE THEM AGAIN THAT WAY EVEN AFTER SHE KNOWS WHY IT HAPPENED. ITS SAAAAAAAAAD.