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Hey guys…
I know I stopped posting here long ago, but I continued to lurk, and followed the show until the very end. I just wanted to say thank you for the past 7 years. I know we had our differences, but I have never been so grateful for a tv show.
-Angela
[adrotate group="5"]So, they’re using Briar Rose as the name of Aurora’s mother?
I think we mostly suspected that was the case anyway. Briar Rose was the original Sleeping Beauty (from the 1959 film). It’s nice that Once is paying homage to that.
Well, sort of! Actually, Aurora is her name in the animated film. Briar Rose is the name she went by when she was living in hiding with the fairies. 🙂
You know, I’ve always been a RumBelle fan, but now I’m starting to think that I no longer care if they end up together or not. I’m still interested in their story, and I still love the show, but I’ve come to the surprising conclusion that at this point, I would not feel devastated if they didn’t end up back together. All I really care about is that Belle’s story is told, and that she isn’t forgotten. If she is a stronger character on her own than with Rumple, then so be it.
Ok I just OMGed out loud. There is actual proof right in front of me, on my screen, that Cruella is actually a thing. It seems that up until just now I was still not fully believing that she would appear. Even though it was confirmed already. Probably because I feel that Cruella on Once is very much Disney overload.
Did you know that Disney didn’t create Cruella? The film is actually based on a book. 🙂
I’m very curious how they are going to incorporate her since she comes from a land without magic and isn’t that much of a threat unless you have a pet with beautiful fur.
My stance on OutlawQueen is that this is in no way a straightforward adultery case. As far as Robin was concerned, Marian was DEAD. In his mind, she’d be gone for at least 3 years. He’d moved on. When he first fell for Regina, she wasn’t even in the picture. She was brought back under very unusual, magical circumstances that threw Robin for a loop. I think, though, (and I could be wrong) that even in the real world, if a person goes missing for a certain length of time, they are declared dead, and the spouse is no longer considered married. It’s really not fair to expect Robin to just happily return to his wife and pretend the whole relationship with Regina never happened. If Robin would truly rather be with Regina, then forcing him to be with Marian isn’t *anyone’s* “happy ending”- Not Robin’s, not Marian’s, or Roland’s. If the man I was married to believed he would be happier with someone else, then I’d rather he go. I wouldn’t want to be with a man who was only staying with me out of obligation.
Now where Robin did mess up was in not being honest with Marian from the beginning. But Robin is being shown as a flawed character here, he’s made a poor choice- and he *knows* this! He admitted that what he was doing was not honorable. You know, we all judge. We all think we know better, that we would make the right choice in the same situation…but would we really? You don’t know for sure unless you’ve been in that situation. I don’t see this as the show telling us that what Robin is doing is a *good* thing. Remember, the story isn’t over yet.
This being said, I admit that the whole weird situation with Marian is my least favorite story thread on the show right now. I do wish they hadn’t brought Marian back in the first place as it just makes everything really awkward. (I disliked the Mary Margaret/ David Nolan story of S1 too. I don’t like awkward relationship situations.) I will be very disappointed if they decide to kill off Marian just so Robin and Regina end up together. That *would* leave a bad taste in my mouth.
I am so excited for this episode. Belle is finally getting a storyline- and something meaty too. We are seeing this without context, so we don’t yet know what it will mean for RumBelle, but after so many eps of Belle not being involved at all, I’m totally rejoicing.
Bewitched is one of my all time favorite tv shows- I’m excited about this! It sounds fun! And if not- no harm, no foul. We’ll always have the original show- this new series won’t take that away. The Tabatha series is all but forgotten. Personally, I’m rooting for it to succeed. I love stuff like this.
