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Question: wouldn’t Maleficent have the TL potion inside her? Therefore she should recognize Charming. Because if they make this as though it’s the first time they met, I’ll be rather annoyed.
Oh…that’s…yeah, that’s a good point.
Maleficent would no longer have the TL potion inside her, because Emma took it from her after defeating her, which Rumple stole to bring magic into SB.
[adrotate group="5"]I think more than a retcon this proves that the writers have never had a solid idea of how the DC and Rumple relate to each other. It’s always been back and forth–either it existed and he manipulated it, or he created it, or he found it…and so on and so forth. They played fast and loose until they finally came down on one side in this episode
I will say, retcon or not, if this leads to discovering more Dark Curse and Dark One lore, I’m actually all for that. Both had to originate from somewhere. Also, back in “The Return”, when Rumple pondered out loud about “a curse”, Blue responded as if she already knew of such a curse existing. So I think they’ve had the idea in their head that Rumple wasn’t the true originator of the Dark Curse since way back in Season 1, though it may not have been concrete. The back and forthness of saying Rumple “created the curse” and “found the curse” throughout the series is probably just a case of the writers not always being on the same page with one another. Doesn’t excuse it from happening in the first place, but I wouldn’t be surprised.
Unless Rumple has hacking skills, it is impossible for him to pose an Oxford University professor. Staff at universities always use their university email address which shows clearly where they work (for example, [email protected]). There is no way Rumple could have faked this kind of email address to convince Belle that he was an OU professor, seeing as we have never explicitly seen him with this kind of computer skills.
That’s my guess. Either the incantation was in Latin, which is common for spells, or it was in runes like the scroll.
They have said before that Rumple “created the curse”, but I think their way around this is that Rumple still had to get the raw base for the curse from somewhere. He then added his own modifications, hence “creating” the curse.
good night all! I have a 4am wake up so i am off to bed. thanks for watching west coast! love you all xx #QueensOfDarkness #AskJennifer
— Jennifer Morrison (@jenmorrisonlive) March 2, 2015
I'm off to sleepland my loves! Werk on #OnceUponATime tomorrow! I'm excited! 😁 #OUAT 😴 #Storybrooke… https://t.co/8bABnDj5zR
— Agnes Bruckner (@agnesbruckner1) March 2, 2015
Overall, it was a decent opener for this half of the Season. I do agree it was better than the Season premiere, since this focused more on the core characters and mythology of the show.
Liked
– Chernabog!
– The flashback with Rumple and the Queens of Darkness tying in with the Dark Curse. Makes sense that would be what Rumple was after, and it organically connects to the show’s pre-existing mythology. As for the obstacles, I think honestly Rumple could have probably overcome those on his own, and he really just needed the Queens of Darkness there as bait to escape Chernabog.
– Rumple acting like a free-loader in Ursula’s apartment, complete with the snark between the two. Cruella ordering take out on their drive to Storybrooke also got a chuckle out of me.
– Finding out more about the author and sorcerer from Blue.
– I like the idea of having Ursula and Cruella deceive everyone into thinking that they want to turn over a new leaf. So this doesn’t mean they’re there to be “New Big Bads, and the entire town has to stop them for the entire story arc”, at least not for the time being.
– The twist that Emma was Chernabog’s target, and not Regina. This could be interesting.Mixed
– Snow and Charming being shady about some dark secret concerning them and the Queens of Darkness. I like the idea that the Heroes might not be as pure as we thought, but something about this feels out of left field. Will expand more on my thoughts once we learn what said secret is.Disliked
– I agree with RG that some of the dialogue was clunky.
– Rumple and the Queens of Darkness got into Storybrooke way too easily. I get that they need to get them into town somehow, but the same scroll the Sorcerer gave Ingrid somehow lets just anybody enter?Question is, how did Chernabog get in the hat? I have an idea. I suspect it was the Sorcerer who created the Dark Curse, and had Chernabog guard it. However, when Chernabog failed to protect it, he absorbed him into the hat as punishment.
Rumplestiltskin eating microwaved ramen noodles. You get that tonight.
— Matt Mitovich (@MattMitovich) March 1, 2015
Cruella, Maleficent, and Ursula are headed to Storybrooke.#OnceUponATime returns TONIGHT at 8|7c on ABC! pic.twitter.com/GujpUYr9je
— Once Upon A Time (@OnceABC) March 1, 2015
