Significance of Sleeping Curse Rooms

[playarita]

I was thinking that if the sleeping curse is in the Netherworld this could have been constructed as a way of assisting the hero. I am of the belief that dreams and nightmares are a way of having us deal with memories and issues.

I believe each room is significant.

The mirror room may be a way of keeping the focus on the loved ones and how much they are missed. It is this that keeps them fully alive rather than drifting off possibly further into a deeper slumber possibly into the Netherworld.

The after affect of the curse could be a method of making the cursed one remember the horror they faced (rather than repressing them) and having a physical manifestation of the hate of the one who cast the curse. It seems to be also a rather forceful way of making the cursed person deal with it head on so that they can move on, (and defeat the villain).

That said what other rooms may exist in Netherworld. We have one for when they are placed under a sleeping curse, from when they are awakened from it… then are other rooms the result of different curses? Might Charming meet other people this way as he is trying to navigate through the rooms (or fleeing from something).

[kalliopekisees]

There is a fantastic play called ‘No Exit.” Your room idea reminds me of it. It “No Exit”, however, the damned are forced to reside in different rooms with people who ulitmatly are thier hell and suffering.

[Gaultheria]

@playarita wrote:

Might Charming meet other people this way as he is trying to navigate through the rooms (or fleeing from something).

Who wants to bet that Charming’s real name is Virgil?

Also, they sometimes refer to the Netherworld as a “nether land”, and that sounds a lot like something else that we’re expecting to see this season.

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[gypsy]

I think the safe haven (present day FTL) is Neverland…Neverland is an island…Lancelot referred to the safe haven as an island.

[marilou]

@KalliopeKisees wrote:

There is a fantastic play called ‘No Exit.” Your room idea reminds me of it. It “No Exit”, however, the damned are forced to reside in different rooms with people who ulitmatly are thier hell and suffering.

I like your idea a lot, but allow me to expand a bit on the concept of “No exit” and maybe take off in a different direction then you. I’m not aware of your background or in which language you read the play, but in the original version, the quote is ‘L’enfer, c’est les autres” which literally translate into “Hell, is everybody else.”

Sartre later went on to explain that what he meant was that life is perceived and experienced Through everyone else but yourself. we get to know who we are through our experiences with everybody else. By following that logic, in a room full of mirror where the only thing you have access to is yourself, you would lose your sense of self in a certain way which could be a pseudo-philophical explanation of why, when you are under a sleeping curse, you’re not dead but you are not quite alive either.

Anyway, it would be a huge cop out if the writers of OUAT uses “No Exit” as some form of kinda-maybe-ish, source of material to explain the sleeping curse. Don’t get me wrong, it is a good book and an even better play. I just feel like using a book that is a mandatory reading for every 11-12 years old in the french speaking world as an introduction for to a philosophy class, is to greatly underestimate the average viewer of OUAT.

*for the people not familiar with “Huis Clos” or “No Exit”, in the french world, it is a book of about the same cultural importance as “Catcher in the Rye” – not at all the same topic but both books have similar amplitude.

[kalliopekisees]

Marilou –

I was making a statement that the rooms vaguely reminded me of the book / play. I have a full understanding of what the book is about as we studied it in school and it happens to be one of my favorites. The rooms also remind me of Twin Peaks, Dante’s Inferno, etc… Whether they are all connected or not is irrelevant. I have a degree in Anthropology because I enjoy learning, making abstract connections and discussing ideas. I also love to open new horizons for people and provide suggested readings on similar topics. I’m a researcher. If I am studying the afterlife, I personally choose to read a plethora of information about it (whether directly connected or not). This is how I keep my mind feed. I am hoping that the writers do the same. As a huge fan of Lost and now OUAT, it would appear their theories are a conglomerate of multiple ideas. It is what keeps the shows interesting and unique. But, this is just one viewers opinion.

[kalliopekisees]

P.S. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a book read by many a child. Yet, the writers have used it and several other “childish” tales as part of their story. Where am I going with this? No theory, book, idea, paper, tale, etc… should ever be deemed too childish or beneath ones intelligence. They are all fuel for our creative fires.

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