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So it appears time in Storybrooke was frozen in a different way than I had envisioned. I had always assumed that days came and went but everyone’s memories gradually faded over a period of weeks or months. I didn’t foresee the “Groundhog Day” effect of almost identical repetition that we saw.
This effect raises some interesting questions. Do you realise that until Emma came to Storybrooke, Henry had only had four days of effective formal schooling? His first day in the first grade class, which was then repeated every day until he moved on to the second grade, in which the first day was repeated, and so on until he reached the fourth grade and spent the year building those birdhouses until he went to find Emma in the pilot. No wonder he had conflicts with Regina long before he got the book!
[adrotate group="5"]Well, Adam has said that moments repeated but it wasn’t the same day every day. And I have a feeling that Regina might have nudged things at some point just to relieve her own boredom–she’s in control here–and may well have adjusted Henry’s schooling a bit.
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The moments repeated but there were some changes, if you notice the clothes and objects. Snow’s flowers changed for example that she brings to the hospital.
“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
I was wondering about that too…I wasn’t expecting such a close daily repeat! Wow- how did Regina stand 28 years of that? It must have driven her bonkers after a while. I imagine she did try to change things up at some point.
The fact that Regina wasn’t bat$*!t crazy by the time Emma got to town seems to me that things did change, if only a little. As for Henry: Adam and Eddy said at one point (it may have been Paley 2012) that until MM gave Henry the book, he was in a bit of a daze, the effects of the curse. He didn’t really notice what was going on until MM gave him that book (ARG! Who gave it to her! What prompted her to give it to him!) I’m wondering if Regina started making things change to suit her growing boredom.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Makes me think of the poor Jefferson. He said to Emma he was stuck in the house for 28 years with every day being the same. I would have totally lost it by the time Emma came to town. Even though each day wasn’t exactly the same and there were visible changes the main aspects of the day couldn’t have changed all that much if after 28 years Mary Margaret was still giving that bird house lesson. If Archie Hopper passed by me every day and kept saying the same thingg would have strangled him in the end. 😆
Poor Gold…limp down that street EVERY day for 28 years…and into his shop to do…”whatever it is he does” 😛
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Poor Gold…limp down that street EVERY day for 28 years…and into his shop to do…”whatever it is he does” 😛
I’m convinced Mr. Gold did nothing but go around to his properties, collect rent, then went to his shop where he did nothing all day.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Now, it makes sense why Ashley never considered that she was actually pregnant for 28 years. It’s because she’s reliving the same day over and over again.
Remember she said to Emma, “The baby will come any day now…” 😆
This still doesn’t make sense to me if only little things are changed how did Gus Gus ever fix that car. It took him three days. Or is that bad writing? He would have had to remember to fix the car if he didn’t finish the previous day. So he wouldn’t have relived the same day over and over again. Oh and how would Granny have remembered that there where two people staying at her Inn. The outsiders would not have needed to see Regina talking to a heart to now there was something odd in this town. Just saying they could have explained it better.
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