[Keb]

Both Neal and Hook have been Henry’s teachers for sailing. Hook’s mentioned taking Henry sailing a couple of times when they needed Henry off screen.

So yes, it’s fair to give Hook at least some credit for Henry’s sailing knowledge. No, it’s not fair to leave Neal out of it. Anger is justified, but it’s not completely wrong.

And I just added in Walt Disney’s birth, marriage (to a Lily, no less), and death to my timeline as they are now relevant. I misremembered and it was Dec. 1966, so yep, he was the previous author.

[Keb]

Couldn’t watch last night so while I was watching today I wrote down stuff that stood out to me. The last half hour got pretty good, I thought, so I didn’t write down as much cuz I was absorbed (you know, because Belle finally existed…)

So here’s what I wrote as I watched. Might add to this as I process things.

• TIMELINE 1966 (but wait, when did Walt Disney die? I thought that was 68?)
• YES THIS IS EVERY WRITER’S DREAM
• In context (however little more) the peek about Bae made me tear up a little.
• Grandpa’s driving instruction pays off!
• So meta. The fans are cosplaying the versions we haven’t even seen yet.
• Charming’s sword?
• I so love Rumple using his magic to save Henry. So love it. I just wish he knew it was his grandson 
• Operation mongoose—silly name—your idea—I laughed out loud.
• Mm parallels. Burning bits of the book.
• Hee, author in the trap, evil dwarves!
• Undone by fandom.
• …half an hour and no Belle, and we saw the cradle but no mention of Nealflake. Oh, and where is Will? Geez.
• Kinda liking Huntsman Charming, poor guy.
• So they’re paralleling OQ with CS now?
• Okay, this version of OQ I could ship. But I still know about the other one…
• Oh, no, nope, never mind.
• Oh, wait, worse. NEVER MIND AGAIN.
• (srsly, what is with this ship?)
• Okay…so the savior was locked up by her mommy? (no, I will never get over “I killed the evil queen’s mommy”
• First entire ep without a MENTION of Belle
• How are we supposed to know she matters if you never have her in ANYTHING? Oh, wait, she doesn’t, does she? *sigh*
• So last year we got the CS movie, now we have the OQ movie, when is the Rumbelle movie?
• Okay, this is a good start.
• Wait, all that babysitting and now Nealflake’s just completely hers? (Okay, I can live with that.)
• Hmm, Hook back in proper clothes. Me likey. (Yes, I’m a rare Hook fan who ships SF, deal with it)
• Yay Black Beard!
• Yay Henry the Hero! (I love that this movie is focused on him again, he’s been too absent)
• Yay all Henry’s lessons paying off finally!
• Star Wars ref of course (I still smiled)
• Oh she remembers I’m so happy! (also loving her dress)
• Ooooh nice twist having Lily be the black guard.
• Giggling so hard at Killian allergic to rum. So so hard.
• If the book is undone, the dwarves will all be okay, right???
• Wimpy Hook in the background trying to weild his sword threateningly is making me giggle too much to focus on Emma’s big reveal to Snow.
• Well, Emma was right. Everyone she’s ever been with has died.
• CHIP CHIP CHIP CHIP CHIP CHIP *dead*
• Oh look they booked the church.
• Oh, Will DOES exist. An ep and a half in…
• Best sword fight EVER and they cut to the wedding in between? No. I want more of that fight.
• Emma punching the author. Best thing since Rumbelle was invented.
• Do they actually remember everything this time? That would be a first.
• She…chickened out. Interesting.
• But he already knows anyway. I was almost expecting a Star Wars ref again.
• YOU CAME BACK FOR ME! *dies of Beauty and the Beast feels*
• Oh…she’s being a hero still. But she still cares. But…
• Did he just steal Rumple’s car?
• HE MISSES HIS DAD! *dead again*
• His heart went…clear?
• Wait, where did Emma GO?
• No, you can’t end things THERE. Jeez people.

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[Keb]

…and, because I’m slightly crazy, I just ran some numbers on my database, which may or may not be accurate. (Probably isn’t. I’ve had other things on my mind.)

Out of 251 recorded characters from Once and Wonderland, I have 78 deaths (stated or shown on screen; some implied deaths are not included here–by which I mean, say, Morraine’s family who is probably no longer living). Of those, 66 remain dead; 12 have been revived in some fashion.

That’s a 31% chance of dying if you’re significant enough to show up in a press release (or IMDB, I’ve been grabbing characters’ names from both sources, but imperfectly). (Yes, names include “Zelena’s father–Woodcutter”.)

And if you die, you have a 15% chance of being revived. The numbers haven’t changed much, then. Of course, some of the deaths are just sleeping curse…

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[Keb]

I’m excited about Sir Rumple and excited that it looks like for almost the only time all season, Henry will actually have a relevant role to play.

I’m not commenting on the Baelfire thing until I see how the episode plays out. I mean, just hoping for a split-second scene with Belle in it seems to be too much to hope for EVEN WHEN THEY ISSUE A PROMO PIC. So…I’ll see what they give us. I’ll probably like most of whatever it is. Gonna hold back until I see it, though.

But, for the record, I went through the named characters about half an arc ago and a significant percentage get killed…but a significant percentage of those get brought back from death/apparent death, too. I think the numbers were something like 33% and 15% respectively at that time; I haven’t run an analysis since then. Millions of loopholes. Everywhere.

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[Keb]

Belle’s probably babysitting him. Eternally. That’s 90% of what she’s done this season anyway :p

(But yeah, what’s the author gonna do with the babies? What about Phillip Jr. and Alexandra?)

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[Keb]

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/once-upon-a-time-finale-sneak-peek-will-118430231830.html

They…actually address Baelfire. I’m not quite sure what to think about this yet.

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[Keb]

As keeper of the timeline, I strongly believe that this is many years after Daniel’s death, possibly even after Leo’s death (I’m going to have to scan the evidence closely on that).

Anyway, the costumes and so on suggest a later Evil Queen, not young Regina.

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[Keb]

I’m….actually getting a kick out that being the title they’re running with right now. Of course, that was also the title of the 4A finale ep…

But still, I think it’s funny, the same way one or two other shows I know have changed up the beginning to reflect a special show.

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[Keb]

That is REALLY interesting. Henry gets the book how? Yeah. I need this now.

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[Keb]

It was, a little, but with Emma and Regina out of town, who was going to stop him (besides Granny with a bit of snark)?

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