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This is why killing her one time wasn’t enough in the premiere. It had to be done twice.
HA!
Yes, it was a giant flashing neon sign that said, “she’s not coming back.Now or ever.”
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Especially that Taser idea what ever happened to that.
In another article months ago, Adam and Eddy outright said the taser was a mistake, and they wish they had used a different weapon instead due to the backlash of a wooden August getting tased. Anyway, this topic does make me wonder if they initially had a bigger story in mind for Greg and Tamara planned out, but abandoned the rest of their plans after seeing how poorly received they were as characters.
It is a sign of their writing and planning process being off to make a mistake so alike to one made by the LOST team with Nikki and Paolo. They made the twists too convoluted, the suspension of disbelief just too much but most of all, they lost a really good opportunity to explore the theme they talked about in interviews : what happens when a real ordinary person gets caught up?
In a lot of ways, Emma used to be the audience surrogate, showing us those reactions but she was by then an “insider” to contrast to the “outsider”. So either Greg or Tamara could have been showing us contrasting reactions of “real world” people, one who becomes afraid and hateful (Greg perhaps) and one who becomes supportive and protective (and it would have been a much more interesting story that way).
Instead they went for outrageous plot twists, plot devices that screamed so loud they broke suspension of disbelief, and regression for characters rather than development. So many missed opportunities and now it feels like a wasted story arc. The Dragon and August’s experiences for example were just a one-off way to set up that Tamara and August had tangled before so she could “kill” him so they could write the actor out more.
“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
Phee wrote: I think GOAT was one of those things that was a much better idea on paper, but it just didn’t click quite right when they brought it to life, and as a result they got dropped and we’re left with all these unanswered questions.
Yup. A and E want us to forget GOAT as quickly as possible. We’ll probably never hear of them again.
Thats what bothers me the most. I’ve been rewatching certain episodes from the first season, and it agitates me that here we are going on the second half of season 3 and we still don’t have answers from the FIRST season. Leaving GOAT as one big question filled thing really makes me want to curse an entire village. A lot of people have left the show because they don’t get answers. I’m not thinking of leaving the show at all but if this trends continues it will become very difficult for me to stay as attached. Like with True Blood. I use to anticipate the summer just to watch that show. Now I’m just like “ehh, True Blood is on. I guess I will watch.” Bottom line is, all we need is a line of dialogue from Brothers Darlings to explain what Tamara wad all about and I would be fine with it
"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 MAGIC
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