I want to see more of Whales’ world ( that phrase sounds like an amusement park!). Somehow from discussing Whale, this thread of conversation moved on to Bae’s fate, romantic relationships and people’s philosophies of how they root for what they do. All very interesting, good points made, but lest it get lost: More Whale is good! Anders is so game as an actor. The trouble is that his backstory in his world feels so disconnected from everyone else’s. So there are less connections and timeline revealed than during the FTL characters flashbacks, so the writers are limited with him. If his world is “Gothic” it does bring in a potentially interesting theme often explored in that genre of novels–to what extent do we bear the “sins” of previous generations? Cora after all pushes her animosity against Eva down to her daughter Snow. Regina carries on the feud. Malificient cursed Aurora and her mother. There must be more such stories.
On Tamara–what if she is a descendant of the original Wendy? ( There is actually a series of books for young readers authorized by Disney that I read to my daughter, that suggests Wendy’s line passes the tale and the “duty” of visiting Neverland for spring cleaning down from mother to daughter. It’s a cute series, Fairies and the Quest for Neverland by Gail Carson Levine is the one I saw. ) Of course then why would they not have revealed a last name as it would not be Darling? So I don’t think this is who Tamara is, but I kind of wish they were doing that.
Anyway…more Whale please!
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass