I was pleasantly surprised by how well Dorothy and Red clicked together. I’d honestly not been expecting them to be such a decent match when everyone was speculating that they’d be the couple. But the stuff about them both being outcasts, that worked for me as a reason they’d connect. Both of them being looked after be an older female in their family who stepped in as their mother figures, (who both run Diners, no less). Red ending up falling for someone who runs around with a crossbow. Dorothy having a dog as her only family, then falling in love with a wolf. I can get on board with all of that fun stuff.
BUT…
I thought it was ridiculous that Zelena and Hades fell in TL after one bike ride, and I find it ridiculous that Red and Dorothy fell in TL after one wolf ride.
The writers had been saying forever that they didn’t want their LGBT relationship to be “a very special episode”, and then they ended up going the “friend of Dorothy route” which was so cliche. Not to mention that that character is famous for singing a song about rainbows. And they’re not top tier characters on the show, so it’ll be a one and done, and that’s the end of having an LGBT relationship on the show. All of that makes for a perfect description of “a very special episode”! If they’d taken the time to integrate the characters over multiple episodes, and actually taken the time to show them fall in love in a believable way, it would have sat better with me.
BUT MOST OF ALL…WHAT ABOUT MULAN?! They brought her back to be the third wheel once again. She put on a brave face and gave Red advice to go and tell that woman that she loved her before it was too late, and I’m sure her heart was breaking all over again. She even had to stand by and watch another sleeping curse play out. And this time she was seeing two women find each other and fall in love, which is what she wants for herself, and she’s just there missing out all over again. Bringing her back for that was cruel, it was like rubbing salt into her wounds.
I haven’t decided if the cons outweigh the pros or not. Mostly I’m just disappointed that they waited so long to do this storyline, and then that’s all we got.