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I don’t think so – there are too many interesting stories to be told about him still. I really like him, so I hope I’m right! 🙂
[adrotate group="5"]I thought this was an outstanding episode with a beautiful chain of events on the theme of parents and their children.
I felt bad for Regina getting stood up by Henry, but this has always been his MO. When Henry isn’t invited/allowed to help save the day (for his own good!), he will sneak off and do it anyway. It’s what makes him a fairy tale character in his own right, I think. But I felt sorry for Regina being so excited to have him reach out to her and then be stood up. The one scene I wish they’d had time to include was her letting Henry know that being stood up hurt her. She deserved that, but we may also still see it next week.
I loved “Grandpa Charming” getting them wooden practice swords and teaching him the ropes…it was also Charming getting his longed-for son.
I actually liked that Regina sent Charming after Henry. She knew that Henry might run from her, but that he trusts Charming, and would be more likely to listen to him. It makes me believe Regina wants to change. Will she really reform? Time will tell and it’ll keep me glued to the screen! 🙂
I loved the links between Charming’s Mother and Snow’s short story together and then Emma and Snow in this episode. When Emma and Snow had their scene in the nursery and Emma left, and THEN Snow let herself cry…wow. So true, so poignant, so beautiful.
I liked that Charming actually killing the Lady of the Lake had consequences. I thought that was well done.
I also love that there’s going to be a posse of fairytale land princesses saving the day!
All in all, I think this episode may be a new favorite of mine. I admit, it made me cry more than once!
We saw “Brave” about a week ago, and loved it! Fans of Celtic mythology will notice quite a few themes. Also, the animation is gorgeous!
I highly recommend “Ella Enchanted” by Gail Carson Levine. I agree wholeheartedly with Mia — the movie isn’t all that good (though you could do worse…). I also love Neil Gaiman’s “Stardust.”
Another old favorite of mine is Robin McKinley’s novel “Beauty.” Also, Mercedes Lackey has written several revisionist fairy tales, which I enjoy, but may not be everyone’s cup of tea.
My school term is over next Friday (YAAAAY!). I’ll write down some more fairy tale books I love after that!
I’ll tell ya, every picture I see of Ginny Goodwin makes me think she must be a genuinely sweet, bubbly kind of a person. I love that!
I didn’t like Snow’s hair for the wedding either. It looks to me like as the season progressed, they found more natural looking, prettier ways to do her long hair. I wonder what we’ll see as season two progresses…I also have wondered if Ginny Goodwin will grow her hair out for next season or keep it in the pixie. I think the pixie looks great on her, but I could see her going longer again too.
Then again, ladies, how many of us have gone to the stylist for an extra-special hairstyle for a wedding or some such and ended up frantically trying to tone it down at home twenty minutes before you need to leave? I know I have!
I wasn’t throwing things at the tv, but I thought Belle forgave Rumple awfully fast. I’ll be curious to see what’s in store for them.
I loved the finale, especially because for every question it answered, it asked at least one more!
If you look at fairy tales, they are often pretty dark but have hope in them and an ending where good is rewarded and evil is punished. The hero or heroine often goes through many trials which test him/her in multiple ways — including to stay true to their goodness and ideals. Family ties are also very important, but themes of loss and abandonment also run through many traditional tales.
Thing is, life was in fact harder when these tales were written. An infection that is an inconvenience to us could develop into something that could and quite possibly would kill you in those days. Death was common, and while life is still a fragile thing today, it was arguably more fragile hundreds of years ago. So, people lost loved ones “before their time” more often, I think, than we do. I think these facts influenced the development of the stories.
So, I guess what I’m saying is that yes, they do have dark themes. But, there is a good deal of hope and light in the stories also, especially the belief that love is the strongest force of all.
For a related read on this subject, I highly recommend C.S. Lewis’s writing on fairy tales. Not because I think they need defending to any of you, but because he writes so beautifully about what fairy tales are and what they are to us.
Hmm…if Henry dies, does that break the curse too? He’s Emma’s son, and has her blood. I don’t know. It doesn’t seem likely, but maybe it is. Or, if I’m right, and Emma’s kiss breaks the poison apple’s “sleeping death” curse on Henry, does it cause the curse to backlash on Regina? It will be interesting to find out!
I hate the idea of someone dying, especially since one of my other major addiction tv shows is also reportedly killing a character…and in the other show, it will definitely “stick”! At least in Once, there’s the possibility of magic! 🙂
