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Struggled to find anywhere to download season two without jumping through hoops until I found this site:-
http://www.onceuponatime-online.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/once-upon-time-season-2-episodes-1-10.html[adrotate group="5"]Found this on a link of origins
Aside from these traditional folktale stories of old, there is another possible explanation for the origin of the Snow White story. In 1994, the German scholar, Eckhard Sander, published Schneewittchen: Marchen oder Wahrheit? (Snow White: Is It a Fairy Tale?). In his book, Sander alleges that many of the traditional components to the Snow White tale can be found in the real life story of Margarete von Waldeck (1553-1554), who was a countess and the alleged lover of Philip II of Spain. As was the case with almost all royal marriages, political aspirations were more important than love. And as was the case with Philip II (who was destined at the time to inherit the kingdom from Charles V) almost everyone of royal blood had a vested interest in his love life. And though Margarete was a countess, the relationship held no real political clout. Nothing could have been gained politically from their union and as a result, many have argued that Margarete was poisoned to get her out of the way. Her death at a young age, coupled with the fact that many of her contemporaries believed she had been poisoned (there is an obvious tremor in the handwriting of Margarete’s final will) have convinced many that her death was in fact from poisoning. And as was the case with Snow White, Margarete allegedly had a terrible relationship with her stepmother.
In addition, it is worth noting that Margarete was forced to leave her home and live in Brussels at the age of 16 (allegedly due to problems with her stepmother). Also, the town in which she grew up (Wildungen) employed a countless number of young children to work in the copper mines as quasi-slaves. The poor conditions there caused most to die before age 20 and the malnutrition attributed to a severe stunt in their growth during puberty. As a result, these workers were often ridiculed for being “poor dwarfs” who were only good for human chattel in the mines. Margarete would have certainly been aware of them since it was primarily members of her family that “employed” the “dwarfs.”
Loved a game called Gray Matter by Jane Jensen, a point and click puzzle/adventure game about a young female magician/street performer who becomes involved with a mysterious scientist who is trying to contact his dead wife. Got it on XBox an off the radar type of game, its on PC as well. Although I have read on the Gray Matter forums its difficult to get now.
A welcome change to the games I normally play.Are the new characters for season 2 already in our world maybe got here via magic beans that the Blue Fairy got away from them, or realm jumped to our world.
Maybe they did not know who they were until the magic came back to SB, which triggered them to know who they were and were attracted to SB.Loved Farscape.
Think Fringe is similar in some ways, you have parallel universes. In Fringe you have characters in each universe that are opposite to their counterparts. In Storybrooke for example you only have one person but their characters are opposite as well- Charming and David Nolan are completely different.
Just a thought, could this mean Baelfire has turned bad in our world.You guys getting it Sept 30. Us in the U.K. have got a long wait, not getting it on Channel 5 until next year.
Its going to be a problem the next few months avoiding all the spoilers.1. The character you first fell in love with…
Regina despite her badness.
2. The character you never expected to love as much as you do now…
Mr. Gold3. The character everyone else loves that you don’t…
Prince Charming too wimpy not aggressive enough4. The character you love, but everyone else hates…
Regina5. The character you used to love, but don’t any longer…
Cannot think of anyone6. The character you would totallly smooch…
Regina she is gorgeous.7. The character you’d want to be like….
Snow White when she was bad – she was feisty8. The character you’d like to slap…
No one9. A pairing that you love…
Rumpel and Belle10. A pairing that you despise…
No one
