And this ultimately is my problem. I’m tired of having to fanwank stuff into existence in order to explain what the characters are doing. After six years I should not have to go looking for answers to basic questions like “when did Zelena and Regina decide to live together”
I’m okay with them skipping past the basic stuff. It’s like the “How come we never see any bathrooms on the Enterprise?” question. I think R&Z’s earlier conversation would have been straightforward, without drama, and it’s completely implied by what we did see on screen. It’s not like the question of “What happened with Will and Anastasia?”, which we’re still trying to figure out and despairing of ever seeing resolved.
Difference of opinion, I guess, because two sisters who just kissed and made up (somewhat) but still have all this weighted history between them–like sleeping with the same man, who just died because of one of the sister’s boyfriend–don’t have a rational conversation about living together. Especially given the time constraints of the show and that Robin died like…yesterday. That’s not a basic conversation to me. That is an actual emotional conversation that we should see. But I’m not saying I want to see the basic stuff either–like Regina calling to ask Snow to come over–god no. That’s boring as sin. But the way the writers are making Snow, for example, this pop up character who’s only purpose is to be a shoulder for another..irks me. It speaks to how they view the characters. Like, I would have liked to have seen Snow and Charming actually going to Jiminiy and explaining why they think it’s a good idea that the Cricket go talk to Emma–their fears as parents, their guilt over the fact that they never asked for his help before, wondering if the entire town doesn’t need some therapy, their fears over if Baby Snowflake will have the same problems, ect ect. Maybe I’m being nitpicky but scenes just felt cobbled together without any sort of glue or direction. Just my opinion though. My rating for the episode doesn’t really change–I still thought it was rather subdue, dull and without any real stakes by episode end.
And there is another thing to add to that equation ,Henry is living with Regina, zelena killed his father , like she mentioned with joy and even Regina mentioned that zelena killed Neal, wouldnt a talk about zelena moving on would have to be talked with Henry as well? I still don’t know why zelena moved with Regina, Just bc they made peace doesn’t mean she has to live with Regina, she has her own house, in fact zelena should even be should not be running free, she is a murderer after all, and even if Regina asked forgiveness to her victims, Zelena never once showed regret over killing Marian, having Rumple captive, trying to kill baby snow, using robin and killing Neal, Until last season she was very happy she killed Neal and didn’t hide it, so zelena house should be in jail or asylum, but then again, once upon off screen.