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@Lil’Red wrote:
That’s a really good point Marilou- whoever has written the book does seem to be limited in the story, maybe to highlight the viewers own understanding of the tales? I hadn’t really questioned the credibility of the book before – but now I really am! Thought it would be someone with first-hand knowledge of most of these stories (Rumple or Blue Fairy) but it could be an interesting twist to have it be a spectator of these events or maybe someone collecting these stories from second-hand sources…Is there a Rita Skeeter in Fairytale land? 😀
Thank you so much. I was so nervous about posting such a different opinion. I was afraid people would start throwing rocks at me.
[adrotate group="5"]We could also assume that the author of the book is on our side. What I mean is that the book portrays Queen Regina as evil. If the book had been written by one of the queen’s supporter or someone who is more morally ambiguous, the book would have portrayed Regina as misunderstood victim.
wich leads me to think, since the book is so completely Black VS White and Good VS evil, it was also probably written by a bystander (or a sideliner if you prefer) someone who was close enough to the situation to have the knowledge and yet distant enough not to be very aware of the nuances and possible variations.
I feel that the book, really is only one side of the story… in fact, it’s worst then that. It is one person’s (most likely) point of view on a very specific situation, with very little knowledge (in the grand scheme of things) on what really happened (assuming my previous guess was right).
IN THE END, IS THE BOOK THAT IMPORTANT? I ask myself. It led Henry to believe (yay!) It ultimately brought Emma to Storybrook (double yay!) But will it have any serious relevance in the future? that’s the question I’m interested in.
After the curse was lifted, everyone remembered who they were in FTL. I’m not so sure that Belle’s first few days out of the asylum will be spent with Rumplestiltskin. Something tells me that she will want to see her father, Moe French, who Mr. Gold violently attacked. with all the bad blood between the two men in SB and rumple’s last words to Belle in FTL being “my power means more to me than you”. I think she will side with her father. That is unless something happened between King Maurice and Belle that we don’t know yet about. In the latter cases she will most likely want to be on her own for, at least, a little while.
As much as I would like to see daniel back on the show, I hope it is only in the past (with young regina and what not) with a bit of luck they will implement the LOST rule that “dead is dead” you don’t get to comeback from that. Bringing people back from the dead is always a messy business anyway.
@DanielJLewis wrote:
Hi, Marilou! I agree that OUaT is really well-written! I really hope Kitsis and Horowitz can keep it up and do an amazing job. I’m sure they will.
What has been your favorite episode so far? Have there been Lost easter eggs we’ve missed?
as far as LOST easter eggs goes, there is so many of them in almost every episode, I’m sure I could point out a few you may have missed and vice versa but the following web site seems to have compile quite a list. I’ll concede that some of them are a bit far fetched and may be simple coincidence but I believe it’s worth taking a quick look.
http://seriable.com/once-upon-a-time-1-01-pilot-lost-easter-eggs/
Now, for my favorite episode, I’ll have to go with “Skin Deep” it’s a cliché answer I’m afraid but it’s true. Sure, the love story was nice and all but the real big thing for me, was that it provided tremendous perspective on Rumple. A character that was a “villain”, someone that needed to be vanquished or defeated, suddenly was completely vulnerable. This episodes alone provided enough empathy for Rumplestiltskin for the whole season. It is a real turning point for this character in the show, like it is rarely seen on television.
“Skin Deep” also added a touch of colour to Rumple, someone that was gray, who did not seem to fight for either sides in particular, who only made deals that favor himself above all, suddenly wanted something he could not trade for or use magic to obtain (sure he got Belle by making a deal with her to save her village. but her love, she had to give to him willingly, in no way shape or form he could magically make her love him). So in order to get what he wanted he had to considers her feelings and what she wanted, which is an odd thing to ask from someone like Rumplestiltskin.
To make matters worst, once Rumple got what he wanted, he, in full conscience, drove it away. He is the only one responsible for his own misery (that statement also applies to him losing Bae) and it’s in the episodes “Skin Deep” that what he has done, seems to really hit him. Rumplestiltskin is childless and loveless because of himself. And that is how I think the public was able to relate to rumple; we have all had “missed opportunities” because of our own stubbornness.
My final argument on why “Skin Deep” is my favorite episode is a flaky one, but my favorite one nonetheless; how, when we see regina go to the mental ward to check up on Belle, my face completely changed and my friends and I started realizing how much mr. Gold would want to hurt Regina when he would find out that Belle is still alive and that the Evil queen kept her captive all this time.
“Belle has been in Fairytale Land in a locked asylum so, theoretically, she has never seen a phone, so a parking meter might frighten her” Do they mean Belle was in fairytale land then in a locked asylum in Storybrooke or do they mean she was in a locked asylum in fairytale land? Will Belle be viewed as insane by the rest of Storybrooke because of her lack of familiarity with everyday objects such as phones and parking meters and her willing association with Rumple?
I can’t guarantee anything but the way the sentence is turned seems to mean that for the 28 years that she was locked away in an asylum in Storybrook, she was in fairytale land in her mind… if that makes any sense…
As if the curse worked on her and effectively transported her in SB, but she arrived as a mental patient believing in fairytales. Therefore not giving her the chance to get acquainted with the ”real” world.
