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Answering this question begins with semantics. What is love? To avoid getting overly pedantic, I’m going to assume (correct me if I’m wrong) that you are referring to the feeling of romantic love. I see this as a combination of sexual attraction combined with deep affection. As far as I know, this feeling arises spontaneously and cannot be forced. What gives rise to romantic love? There is no comprehensive answer known, only that it is dependent on many variables, both internal and external. Complexity is defined as: composed of many interconnected parts or characterized by a very complicated arrangement of parts. So, I’d say that romantic love fits the definition of complex. I’m not quite sure how you are differentiating between complex and complicated, so I’ll leave that part alone.
Interestingly, you seem to be conflating the feeling of romantic love with the process of making a long term romantic relationship work. I would argue that the two are independent; feelings of romantic love do not, and sometimes should not, necessarily lead to a relationship nor are they critical for a long term relationship to work. In fact, that’s a relatively modern idea which is still not common in many cultures. Love is ONE aspect of making a relationship work. Others include compatibility, choice and commitment. Television usually glorifies the love aspect of relationships while giving little or no regard to the other three. The implication is that if you are REALLY in love, you should be able to find a way to get married and be happy. This is quite untrue. Most of the OUAT couples’ problems lie in compatibility, not in love. Two people can be completely in love but just not have matching lifestyle or values. Getting back to the question of complexity, it’s my opinion that making a relationship work also involves many factors and is therefore, complex.
Lol, my dry, reductionistic answer is such a stark contrast to @PriceOfMagic’s poetic one!
[adrotate group="5"]So going by recent history, the chances of it actually being Morpheus are extremely slim. All we know is that the character is an old soul in a young body, adept at reading people and keeping his own business private.
This sounds intriguing. It’s a great opportunity to fully explore Emma’s prophetic dreams which were touched on in 5B. Dreams might also have a land unto themselves.
This episode might be about Hyde and why he thinks of himself as a “savior”. But I think his methods for creating happy endings might be a bit dodgy, and this will put him in opposition to Emma. So over the course of the season, this conflict may escalate into the final battle, where people have to choose who to follow.
Just to clarify I do support under-represented groups to be more represented, I’m not saying they shouldn’t be.
Yep, don’t worry, I gathered as much from other threads you’ve posted in! 🙂
I do think the scale could eventually start to tip in the other direction years and possibly decades from now where being white and heterosexual becomes the minority.
I don’t think being heterosexual will ever become the minority. 🙂 If you look at it in terms of world population, whites already are in the minority. So it all depends on which group holds the most power in the culture that the media represents.
It is so difficult to explain but basically the minorities now will become the majorities in the future whilst the majority now will become a future minority because everyone is so focussed on equality of the minorities now. For example, women are given more top tier jobs because of equality however eventually the scales will tip too far in that direction where it is harder to get a top tier job if you are a man instead of it being equal opportunity. Does that make sense?
It is a possibility for some groups in some situations. But generally speaking, I doubt that the balance of power will swing so far in the other direction. Or if it does, it’ll be many, many decades into the future. I’d say it’s more of a slippery slope argument than anything else. Feminism has been around for over a century now and women still get undervalued, under represented and have to deal with all kinds of harrassment. The same goes for the civil rights movement (5 decades ?) and gay rights movement (2 decades ?). So for now, I think we need to continue fighting for equality and better representation for minorities.
If I were to be cynical, I’d say that A & E know full well that S1 was the most popular and make these statements to try and reel in disenchanted fans. In fact, I remember them saying that 5B was going to be more like S1! But if they’re not misrepresenting things then I’m cautiously optimistic.
Sinbad sounds a lot better than Aladdin to me. We’ve had a heavy dose of Disney — not a bad thing in itself, just that it all feels like shout-outs and fan service after a while — and so I’m hoping that “The Land of Untold Stories” means “stories that Disney hasn’t done yet”.
I agree that it would be better to have a non-Disney character because it gives the writers more freedom for creative development. The show’s done a far more interesting job with the likes of Emma, Rumple, Red, Baelfire/Neal, the Snow Queen than with the Disney princesses.
