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Of all the threads I’ve started here on ONCE podcast, I think this one might be the hardest one to start and articulate. More and more I am becoming lost as to how navigate all the very different opinions we have about this TV show and more importantly how people with those different opinions interact with each other. I’ve always been a big believer that everyone’s opinions are equal and valid and we should be allowed to present them so long as they follow the forum guidelines as given by The Great and Powerful Oz (Daniel). However, I think we’ve reached that point in the life of a show where the opinions become so divergent that it’s leading to more stress than it is productive conversations.
And, without sounding like an utter sap, it’s kinda hurts my heart. I consider all of you to be my friends–no matter what you ship, or who your favorite character is, or how you feel about the show right now. I talk to @Obisgirl about her true love meta, @Bo-Peeps, @Surayya and I freaked over Outlander once a week, @Josephine, @KPercyman and I are yarn fanatics; I can use @WickedRegal’s children when she starts defending Regina to both of our amusement; and all I have to do is say “curtains” and @Keb starts giggling hysterically.
What’s my point? My point is that I love you guys. And I love it here. Always have. But, right now, I’m also having a hard time being anything less than mostly critical of ONCE. I won’t say all the way because I did enjoy 403 for the most part and had fun talking about it, and I’m falling in love with Sven (heaven help me). But I do know that heavy criticism is just as wearing as heavy praise. When people don’t see what you see, it can feel tiring to have to read what other people see when you so completely disagree.
And I feel like it’s affecting my home (I live here, let’s face it) because everyone is getting tired of not being able to express what they think without some sort of criticism–either “it’s just a show!” or “how can you not see what’s wrong here!” Our solution in the past was LOVE day. LOVE day was fun and we all got to take a break from pure show talk. But I’m not even sure if LOVE day is a solution anymore because it only lasts 24 hours. Unless you all want to lose your Shipping threads forever? (Kidding! Put down the pitchforks!) My one idea is a “forum games” thread where everyone plays games to ease some of the tension and remind everyone that we’re family.
So I want to work on this together. I want us ALL to be able to talk about this show–both its negative aspects and its positive aspects without everyone getting frustrated at how different we all are.
I want to hear what you guys think possible solutions are. Do we have more LOVE days? Do you guys want maybe specific threads about “say a positive thing about ONCE everyday” no matter what is? Do you guys want threads about why critical analysis is important and how people are approaching media? (Fairly certain @Myril could write us a monster essay on how to approach this). Do you want candy?
Leave your ideas below or DM me and Matt together if you’re more comfortable with that.
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I love that idea… I had a thought once to create a “Joke Thread” where we could all go in and post the funniest jokes we have, heard, or visit whenever we need a laugh. It doesn’t have to be OUAT related, just funny things to brighten our days. Who doesn’t love a good joke.
There also the “Happy thread” idea. You just post happy things that have happened to you or people around you and that you just want to share with everyone. Idk. just some thoughts 😀
I love the game thread idea!!!
"I could have the giant duck as my steed!" --Daniel Radcliffe
Keeper Of Tamara's Taser , Jafar's Staff, Kitsis’s Glasses , Ariel’s Tail, Dopey's Hat , Peter Pan’s Shadow, Outfit, & Pied Cloak,Red Queen's Castle, White Rabbit's Power To World Hop, Zelena's BroomStick, & ALL MAGICHmm…Yes, I do see. Hmm…Well, for me I guess, I’ve never been a very critical person when it comes to Television or entertainment in general. Oh sure I like certain things more than others, but for the most part I am a person who is easily entertained but almost anything to be honest, there are very few things that bore me, or don’t have at least one good aspect to them.
In fact that is one way that I tend to like a lot of things then I dislike. I tend to find one good thing about what I watch. Whether it’s a scene, a character or a concept. For me I tend to find that one that I really enjoyed about the movie, or Episode  or season and hone in on it. I ignore everything else and put all my energies into that one thing. Now granted that one thing not everyone will agree with but as long as I still have that one thing I like I’m happy. (Sometimes it more than one thing mind you and that means the episode must have been really good)
For example in Episode 4×04 of ONCE “The Apprentice” that  one thing I had for the episode was getting to see “Imp Rumple” (EF Forest Rumple as I call him) I hone in on those things and tend to ignore everything else that I either dislike or just don’t care for. This allows me to enjoy the show.
Now I don’t know if that can work for everyone but it just a suggestion. I hope this helps RG, I enjoy having you and everyone else in this chatroom/forum to talk and converse with, you guys are all my friends  and I love you all  🙂
I do. I do giggle hysterically. I did when I read that :p
We have a lot of creative people here…I’m wondering if maybe a round-robin story project could be a fun group thing.
I do agree that we’ve got a valuable community here (of clever, creative people who all love(d) the same show) and it is heartbreaking when it feels like we’re either shouting past each other or treading on thin ice. So I’m all for the suggestion that we branch out of criticism and discussion and embrace each other’s strengths beyond that.
More fan art celebration. Maybe some roleplaying if people are into that?
Keeper of Belle's Gold magic, sand dollar, cloaks, purple FTL outfit, spell scroll, library key, copy of Romeo and Juliet, and cry-muffling pillow, Rumple's doll, overcoat, and strength, and The Timeline. My spreadsheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6r8CySCCWd9R0RUNm4xR3RhMEU/view?usp=sharing
If you guys ever do a group Fan Fic project I’d might have some Ideas. I love coming up with ideas for Fan Fics.
Oh also If we do a game thread for this half Season we can write down all the Frozen references we caught. The Obvious and the not so obvious.
Okay, I got it. A Trivia section for every new episode. We have to answer questions about the episode. Whether it’s on the production side, an actual scene about the episode itself, or a reference to either a Disney movie or previous once episode.
For example: In Episode 4×04 Zoso is a callback to this episode of Once Upon a Time and he was played by this actor.
Okay, I got it. A Trivia section for every new episode. We have to answer questions about the episode. Whether it’s on the production side, an actual scene about the episode itself, or a reference to either a Disney movie or previous once episode.
For example: In Episode 4×04 Zoso is a callback to this episode of Once Upon a Time and he was played by this actor.
I like trivia. Perhaps a OUAT Jeopardy game would be a fun idea? I’ve seen Jeopardy games on other forums before, and they’re always fun.
Okay, I got it. A Trivia section for every new episode. We have to answer questions about the episode. Whether it’s on the production side, an actual scene about the episode itself, or a reference to either a Disney movie or previous once episode. For example: In Episode 4×04 Zoso is a callback to this episode of Once Upon a Time and he was played by this actor.
I like trivia. Perhaps a OUAT Jeopardy game would be a fun idea? I’ve seen Jeopardy games on other forums before, and they’re always fun.
First off, thank you for your responses so far guys!
And I love this idea. I love this idea a lot!!
Keep them coming.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
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