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Henry’s actually not too far off from where a normal kid his age is at. He just lives under supernatural circumstances. I work with preschoolers to Elementary school kids and some kids are very precocious. The key with kids in primary school is you can’t talk down to them. I have eight year olds that can follow complicated topics better than adults, but then in some ways they’re totally ignorant. Kids in the tween phase have just enough knowledge to make them dangerous but not enough maturity yet to understand some of their actions.
Henry’s at that age where if you try to talk to him as a child he will rebel. We’ve seen that again and again. Most kids need reasons to understand, even for simple things. As an adult, it’s hard not to say back, “I’m the adult and I know what’s best so listen to what I say.” You don’t have to reveal everything, but explain your reasoning in terms understandable to the child’s age and maturity level.
As for Henry reacting to Snow going into labor, how old is he in the story? He’s what now, eleven? So, and I’m probably thinking too much about it, adding nine months for gestation he’d be around twelve in your story when the baby is born. That’s old enough to know about babies and I would write it as him doing what Snow says without a problem. He’d know to call 911 and follow the instructions and give directions and so on if the story takes place in Storybrooke. He’d be frazzled and worked up but he’d be okay. I don’t think I’d have him actually delivering the baby, although I have seen stories of it on tv, but getting people to her I think he’d be fine.
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I was only joking about Mad Madam Mim. Although with Rumple’s frazzled hair and his tendency to sometimes act like a five year old he could fit the role.
Delving deeper into the Arthurian legend, Lancelot wasn’t even a part of it until after the crusades. He’s one of the newer additions to the storyline. The earliest accounts of Arthur paint him in a different light. It’s interesting to see how the legend of Arthur changed through the centuries with the writings. But I don’t think they’re going to go that deep into the King Arthur legend. They’ll go with what is familiar to everyone and most people can remember Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot.
Who knows how Disneyfied some of the stories to be told will be. We’ve seen they do keep elements of Disney, some of Perrault or Grimm, and make up their own versions. That’s why I’m hoping they keep some elements of the original Little Mermaid in the show. Have Ariel and Eric, but I want her to not get her happy ending and follow the book. It seems more dramatic and open to more storylines than if Ariel and Eric are true love but separated like our other couples. But that might be part my dislike as child of Eric talking or my current Hookriel fascination.
Whatever they have planned for us in the future I’m sure we’ll be surprised. 🙂
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One of the first things you learn in any psychology class is that the biggest predictor of future behavior is past behavior. We are creatures of habit and don’t change for the most part. We’re capable of change, but it rarely happens. So when Regina spends years trying destroy Snow and others, one good deed isn’t going to change the Charmings’ perception of her. She’s been given so many chances and she always reverts. I’m rooting for Regina, but she’s got to take responsibility for her own actions before she can seek forgiveness and redemption. When push comes to shove, she made those decisions, no one else.
Same goes with Rumple. I’m a die-hard Dearie, but the man is a broken record. He needs to stop using magic to solve his problems. He’s so scared of being a coward, but doesn’t realize all the power and magic he’s acquired is just masking the problem.
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Who would be Mad Madam Mim? It’s been a long time, but I remembering liking “The Sword and the Stone” and other child Arthur stories than the Guinevere/Lancelot storyline.
As for Eddy and Adam writing for fans, you’re right, RG, it would be a real hot mess. Poor Emma would followed around like she had everyone under a love potion and then Rumbelle would never be leaving a certain room in that big pink house. So glad fandom isn’t writing this show, but that’s what fanfiction is for.
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I think Regina is a coward. Facing death doesn’t mean that you’re brave. It’s something everyone has to do eventually whether you’re brave or a coward. Like Keb, I think it was more pride than anything that caused her to be defiant during her bouts of death. She chose a way to escape her problems, not by solving them, but my obtaining power. Just like her mother and Rumple. They were all cowards. Also, instead of laying blame on her mother for Daniel’s death, she blamed a young child. I don’t care what angle you look at it, Snow was a child and has no blame in Daniel’s death. She did not rip out his heart, she did not commit the crime.
I do like Regina, I’m not a hater. She’s a delicious villain, but at this point I just don’t feel any empathy for her. I want to root for her. I truly do, but until she stops blaming everyone else and begins to repent for the things she’s done, then she’s never going to turn a corner. Her and Rumple really do need to be in a 12 step program.
I think the one big difference between Rumple and Regina is that Rumple knows what he does is wrong. He warns how evil he is and acknowledges that he’s a monster. Regina on the other hand thinks that everyone else is at fault and she’s just misunderstood. Both make great villains, though, and that’s why we all love this show so much.
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Emma Cassidy. 😀
Someone had to do it. 😆 I couldn’t have been the only one thinking it.
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I, for one, am glad that they cut the FTL trip for Snow and Emma short. It seems to have been a catalyst for driving away some fans. I think they should have been back in FTL by the third episode. I just didn’t like that plot. I was much more interested in what was happening in Storybrooke than anything that was going on in the Enchanted Forest.
People think Lancelot is alive because Eddy or Adam specifically said not to believe Cora. They more or less came out and said that he’s still alive. I have mixed feelings about visiting Arthurian legend. I think they could do great things with Merlin, but the romance of the legend isn’t the stuff of True Love. Guinevere’s and Lancelot’s affair and Lancelot’s subsequent banishment. It’s just a situation where nobody has a happy ending. Although, maybe they could switch it up and do a story about adultery and forgiveness, unlike the glossing over they did with Cursed Snow and David.
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I didn’t like how much they pushed Regina’s redemption on us. I feel empathy for Rumple, but I just don’t feel it for Regina. I just can’t get over her sending kids to their death in “True North”. I’d love to see Regina redeemed, but I can’t believe it until she starts to want to turn a corner for herself and just not Henry. She needs to remember that girl she was long ago and stop blaming everyone else for her troubles. There comes a time in your life when you’ve just got to suck it up and face the music.
I dislike the beginning of the season, also, and I fear they’re making the same mistake for Season 3. Snow and Emma spent too much time in the Enchanted Forest, when it could have been done in two or three episodes. The splitting up the gang between worlds really turned a lot of people off for season two and they’re doing it again. I agree with PriceOfMagic, Mulan, Aurora and Phillip were not needed this season. It was filler that took away from the characters we’ve grown to love.
I’m also not a fan of Hook. Yes, he’s attractive, but I wish they would have casted someone older and more of a contemporary of Robert Carlyle. Colin would have been a better fit for Robin Hood, imo. I feel like they’re trying to draw the Jack Sparrow fans into the show.
Finally, while I’m not a huge fan of Ruby, I hate what they did to her character. She’s the strongest, fastest, and has the keenest senses of them all and she was demoted constantly to babysitter. Even Henry at one point moaned, “I know, go with Ruby”. No wonder Meghan decided to take on another show.
I will say I love the casting of Neal. I really think they did a bang up job of matching Dylan and MRJ. Look at the two side by side and it’s not a stretch to imagine teen Bae grew into Neal, unlike with August and Pinocchio.
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I can see James’s and David’s real father being someone noteworthy. We know that James was raised with all the perks of being royalty, one was learning how to swing a sword and fight. David was a poor shepherd who was not raised on those skills, yet he took to it like a duck to water. He has this natural talent that came out of nowhere. I think there is a reason that David has these skills. I also bet that Daddy didn’t die the way David thought he did. There is something lurking in that storyline.
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Awww…how sweet. And his twin sister is a Rumbelle fan. Their parents sure know how to raise their children right.
Re: Singlebrooke. I wish they had included Mr. Gold last year. I could just seem him sitting there silently with a bewildered look on his face with the cane in his hands all the while thinking to himself, “What plebeians are so beneath me. Why do I even bother?”
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