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I was listening to ONE of the many pdC / videos about OUAT but can not remember which one…. Someone noted that she has seen NO MAGIC USED IN STORYBROOKE…. EVIL yes but NO MAGIC.
Has Gold ever done anything magical ? Has Regina? Yes Regina squeezed the heart and killed Graham but she went down into FTL to do it. The car crashes were caused by sabotage, wolves, labor pains…
WHAT DO YOU THINK??
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[adrotate group="5"]I don’t think that we have seen the queen do magic in the real world. Though like i said elsewhere i don’t believe that the fairytale land is under Storybrooke. I just think that the magic was already done on the heart so that the queen just used normal force to crush it. I do think that the queen is still using the mirrors to spy on people, but we have seen no evidence of that. There is just something about the way they shoot a lot of the scenes that make me think the queen is watching.
I’m inclined to think there still is magic in Storybrooke, some of which was triggered upon Emma’s arrival in town. There are a lot of things to suggest this: the way the tower clock hands started moving when Emma decided to stay, the way an earthquake occurred at the exact same moment Emma put on her deputy badge to reveal Snow White’s glass coffin, the way David woke up when Mary Margret read him Henry’s book of fairy-tales, the way David’s mind was infiltrated with false memories when he looked at the wind mill in Mr. Gold’s shop, how Sheriff Graham remembered his true identity upon kissing Emma, the way Regina’s collection of hearts controls people like Sherif Graham and possibly Sidney, the way the compass started working when Hansel and Gretel were reunited with their father in Storybrooke, the way the wishing well may or may not have restored the pages that had been lost to Henry’s book. Granted, there may be a “natural” explanation for all of these events, as “Miss Skeptic” (a.k.a. Emma) would like to think, saying, “Magic…that’s asking a lot to believe on faith.” Yet, as August W. Booth said in episode 13, “If you need evidence for everything, Emma, you’re going to find yourself stuck in one place for a long time.” My prediction is that Emma, upon drinking the water, will have her belief in magic, which was lost to her when she was transported to our world, slowly restored to her. Once she believes, she’ll begin to play a more direct role in recovering the town’s magic.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
With regards to my previous post here, I believe it is only a matter of time before Emma believes in the magic. I love this quotation from a recent interview, in which creator Edward Kitsis said of Emma: “We chose the name because it’s the metaphor for her journey, to become the swan. And right now I don’t think she is. The funny thing about Emma is theoretically, if she truly believed what’s going on, she’s a princess. But if you told Emma Swan she was a princess she’d … laugh at you.”
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
I’m not sure yet. It seems like there might be. I just re-watched the What Happened to Frederick episode and it seems like Catherine’s car accident was due to her trying to leave Storybrooke but her disappearance was due to Regina burning the letter she wrote to David. Also it seemed like AWB was adding pages to the book about Frederick and only after he added the pages to the book did the gym teacher version of Frederick appear in FTL. Almost like Frederick never existed before in FTL until AWB wrote him into the book but once he was written into the book – POOF – his Storybrooke equivalent appeared. Also the whole Windmill thing with David’s memory in Mr. Gold’s pawnshop – but Mr. Gold seemed to question whether David really remembered anything then. If there is magic – it is much more subtle than it was in FTL. I guess my bigger question is WHO has the ability to do magic in Storybrooke. It seems like if it exists in Storybrooke Regina is the one who has the ability to do it but it would seem like Mr. Gold should have the ability to do magic as well. Or maybe he can but is just pretending he can’t because he doesn’t want Regina to know he is still powerful in that way? In Skin Deep when he was in jail he told Regina that he was the one with the power in Storybrooke so there is obviously some kind of power struggle between the two of them, and I don’t think it is limited to the superficial mayor vs. town rich (and extremely good looking – oh my, did I just say that??) guy competition.
I said this in another post, but it’s intriguing that the wishing well still exists in Stroybrooke, fed by a magic lake. When Emma asks August in episode 13 how he knows so much about the magical properties of the well, he replies that he read the plaque. How could Regina have overlooked this important spot? Why would there be such an obvious plaque for any of Storybrooke’s citizens to find?
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
Well it seems like the citizens of Storybooke don’t notice much and even if they saw this sign i don’t think they would take it seriously.
The characters of Storybrooke, except for Henry, Emma, Mr. Gold, Regina, and August, are pretty oblivious. I’m just surprised that Regina would even risk hinting at town “legends” for fear of putting ideas into people’s minds. She already suspected Mr. Gold of knowing, and he confirmed her hunch in episode 12.
There is a TV summary of OUAT which I think is quite revealing as to whether magic still exists in Storybrooke and whether Emma will soon start to believe in the possibility of its existence.
“…Of course Emma doesn’t believe a word, but when she brings Henry back to Storybrooke, she finds herself drawn to this unusual boy and his strange New England town. Concerned for Henry, she decides to stay for a while, but she soon suspects that Storybrooke is more than it seems. It’s a place where magic has been forgotten, but is still powerfully close… where fairytale characters are alive, even though they don’t remember who they once were. Emma will have to accept her destiny and fight for everything that once was.”
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
Yes, but i don’t think Rumpel remembers because of things like the sign. He either always remembered or he remembered when he met Emma. Most likely he always remembered because of Henry which was the only thing that ever made me consider he may know. I still think they went the wrong way with that, but it is what it is.
@ hjbau: Agreed. I don’t think Mr. Gold remembered FTL as a result of any sign in SB. It appears he always knew the truth and was just playing dumb to fool Regina (up until she used the chipped cup to force him to say his FTL name). He is a very cunning character, and he obviously knew in advance that he’d be immune to the dark curse.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
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