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The Fairy Queen is actually based on a very famous epic poem by Spenser, “The Faerie Queene”. The music was probably based on it in relation to A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Both were hugely popular in that period. Spenser was the inspiration of Shakespeare, Milton, Tolkien, Lewis… Almost every great poet ever to write in the English language, honestly. He based the epic on Queen Elizabeth, and Purcell’s Fairy Queen is supposed to be an interpretation of a Midsummer Night’s Dream in the spirit of Spenser’s Faerie Queene, making Oberon and Titania based off of William and Mary.
Sorry. >.< I'm an English major on a Renaissance Literature track. I can't resist. =P
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@Nod wrote:
Age: 19
Marital Status: Happily Single
Ships: I ship Snowing, Rumbelle, Swanfire, Regal Cricket, and Captain Swan. (Yes, I ship two contradicting ships. Leave me alone with my shipping heart.) I just really see the benefit and chemistry in both Swanfire and Captain Swan, so either way it goes I’ll probably be pretty happy. And I’m probably alone in my Regal Cricket ship, but that’s perfectly fine. =D I just love the healing influence Archie has on Regina, and the way that she just occasionally puts him in his place…
@Sarah_TN, Coming from a family who has both (unconventionally) fostered and adopted, it’s a great thing you’re looking to do. It’s tough, and involves a lot of love, but it’s one of the most amazing things you can ever do for someone. Thank you!I thought I was the only one who ‘shipped’ Archie and Regina. They seem to get along well together – before Cora came to town.
I’m not alone! I’m glad I wasn’t the only one to think that. >.<
There’s a HER train? Awesome! I wouldn’t mind if it was Tink either, but I just feel like that would be very hard to play off… Too much explaining. If Peter went and grew up, where was Tink then? How did she GET here? If (as she would have had to have done) she deserted Nealfire or something, why is he ENGAGED to her now? It just seems a little too difficult to spring on us last minute believably…
Maybe Milah was actually Cora ALL ALONG.
Sorry. My point is, we just don’t know. The writers could easily explain it away, and haven’t… yet? It might be lazy writing, or it might be an untold story. We just don’t have enough detail to figure it one way or another.
Favorite character? Since Manhattan, Nealfire! (Before that, it was Jefferson.) I love Rumple too, but not to the extent of forgetting that he happens to be a mass murderer. Which a lot of people seem to do. O.o
Coming from a storyteller, I don’t feel like Neal being Bae is irrational storytelling at all. In fact, it ties into the mythology of the show perfectly. Everything else has been the product of destiny, after all. Regina adopting Henry, Regina casting the curse, Emma having Henry, Snow meeting Charming, right down to Rumple crippling himself. Yes, perhaps this means that they are referring to some higher power that is pulling the strings. Maybe it’s the Blue Fairy or the Fates! There are a thousand ways to play the destiny storyline! The greatest storytellers have used the concept of “destiny” to write the greatest stories ever written. Simply because they don’t tell you all the facts at the beginning doesn’t mean it has no “logical” explanation.
I think that you might be thinking along the lines that they’re trying to explain away the unlikely meeting of Emma and Neal a la soap opera. I can see where you’re coming from there, and if they don’t give us any more explanation of the situation, then I’ll probably jump ship with you. However, this show has a reputation for throwing the unlikely out at the beginning and slowly explaining it as it goes along.
(I would also love to address your opinion of Fantasy versus reality, but I think that’s a topic for an off-topic forum. =D)
Age: 19
Marital Status: Happily Single
Ships: I ship Snowing, Rumbelle, Swanfire, Regal Cricket, and Captain Swan. (Yes, I ship two contradicting ships. Leave me alone with my shipping heart.) I just really see the benefit and chemistry in both Swanfire and Captain Swan, so either way it goes I’ll probably be pretty happy. And I’m probably alone in my Regal Cricket ship, but that’s perfectly fine. =D I just love the healing influence Archie has on Regina, and the way that she just occasionally puts him in his place…
@Sarah_TN, Coming from a family who has both (unconventionally) fostered and adopted, it’s a great thing you’re looking to do. It’s tough, and involves a lot of love, but it’s one of the most amazing things you can ever do for someone. Thank you!I really can’t theorize much with the information given…
When it comes to what I want, though, and what would go best writing-wise, I rather hope Tamara doesn’t have a FTL identity and that she’s actually HER. It would tie up the strings nicely and advance the new villain after Cora’s death, which I expect is going to have something to do with Storybrooke encountering the “real world” in Season 3.
I’m so glad I found more Swanfire shippers! I didn’t think there were that many… Of course, I happily ship contradicting ships with a smile, because it means I can read the awesome fanfiction. (I also ship Captain Swan. I actually started shipping them at about the same time. It confounds me.) I just think that the Chemistry that Neal and Emma have is the most electric I’ve seen on the show so far, except perhaps with Graham.
Just thought I’d throw in my two cents and jump on the ship. =P
