@Ariel wrote:
Ok, I had some problems with this episode – mainly because it seemed to directly contradict OUAT mythology, and had some serious plot holes. Any feedback would be welcome.
Cannon Issues
– Way back in “The Thing You Love The Most” (S1E2) Regina goes to visit Maleficent. We find out that Regina traded Maleficent the Dark Curse in exchange for the sleeping curse she wanted to use on Snow White. Now she wants it back saying to Maleficent that it was “undone by a simple kiss.” Maleficent counters something to the effect of: “I got over it, so will you.”
This SERIOUSLY implies that Sleeping Beauty woke up sometime between when Snow White ate the apple and was woken up. Or at the very least, sometime before Snow woke up. In “Broken” Sleeping Beauty does not wake up until 28 years after the Dark Curse is broken.
???????
Other plot holes:
– Mulan accuses Emma and Snow of being responsible for bringing the Wrath that killed Phillip. However, the Wrath attacked them in FTL BEFORE Rumple summoned it to Storybrooke.
– If there was only one Wrath (as the SB and FTL stories were happening concurrently) how did both Rumple AND Aurora have the Wrath’s medallion?
Yeah the whole Maleficent thing really bothered me too as soon as I found out it wasn’t in the past. Then again, I’ve begun to accept that anything they say in the first few episodes of season one can’t really be counted as cannon. For example, Snow saying that “she poisoned an apple because she thought I was prettier than her.”
My explanation for the wraiths… all I can say is that there must be more than one wraith. As for why Mulan blames Emma and Snow… I’m waiting for the next episode.
The medallion thing was driving me crazy! Again, I can only say there’s more than one wraith.