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Darkness on the Edge of Town.
My first thought was the abandoned mansion Rumbelle used for their honeymoon. Maybe we’ll find out who lives there.
While I really hope she whispered sucking the Blue Fairy into the hat, my first instinct was Regina.
Really, really, really hope the writers start involving Blue Fairy more just to explain any and all motivations she’s had in all of this.
I’d like to add my (a male) point of view to this discussion.
Robin Hood is between a rock and a hard place right now, due to magic disrupting his life. What I like about Once is the way they use magic to place the characters in a morally gray area. It becomes hard to know what’s right and what’s wrong.
Robin Hood was faithful to his wife. She died. He mourned. He found love again with Regina. His dead wife comes back to life through the magic of time travel. Ok…
So far he’s done nothing wrong. At this point, he is an honorable man and a source of good in Regina’s life. Without a doubt, Regina has become a better person because of Robin. Even in the current situation, Regina is trying to do the right thing because she believes in Robin’s code, and she wants to be worthy of the love they share – even if it means losing him. Robin is also prepared to lose Regina, or else he wouldn’t have gone back to Marian, but losing Regina is easier said than done.
After falling in love with Regina, Robin Hood returned to his wife. He’s honoring his code. HE’S DONE NOTHING WRONG! Being honest with Regina about his feelings for her doesn’t make Robin Hood a bad person or unfaithful. There isn’t a switch in the brain that allows him to just turn off his love for Regina. He obviously still loves and cherishes his wife, or he wouldn’t have gone back to her.
At times, I feel like people’s views on marriage determines the way they side with characters on the show, but other than snow and charming, there hasn’t been many respectable marriages in Once. Regina was basically forced by her mother to marry King Leopold, so it never bothered me than Tink tried to set her up with Robin Hood. Tink’s matchmaking could’ve saved a lot of lives by providing a better path for Regina. For the fans that have a beef with David and Mary Margret’s affair in season 1, HELLO! They were cursed. And technically, David married Snow first in the enchanted forest, so as far as i’m concerned, their affair was true love at it’s finest – though complicated and morally gray.
In my opinion, Robin Hood lying about his feelings for Regina would be worse than telling her that he still has feelings (the truth). Don’t put a guy down for being honest. Nobody lied to Marian about what was going on with Robin and Regina. She knew the truth, realizing that it was a tricky situation. What really made me hurt for Regina when Marian came back was that Robin didn’t hesitate to go back to Marian. It was the right thing to do, however, to have the characters pretend (or lie to themselves) by denying that those feelings exist, would be the bigger sin.
If Robin and Regina were making out in the room with Marian the Popsicle, I could see why people would be disappointed in Robin. All Robin has done so far is been honest about his feelings for Regina, which developed at a time when he was free to pursue a love interest. It’s not his fault that his true loves kiss won’t work on Marian.
For Robin to do the right thing in this situation, whatever the right thing is, he has to be able to communicate about his feelings.
In the case of Belle’s mother, Dead is Dead.
Although, if the writers want to get creative with the events of her (most likely) death, I wouldn’t be opposed.
Dreamy!
I remember everyone hating Dreamy, but I loved it. (glad to see you side with me, Keb!)
It never occurred to me that Grumpy might have a backstory. The Dwarves sometimes function more as props for the main characters, so seeing Grumpy’s origins meant a lot to me. Grumpy is by far the best known dwarf, and it was exciting to see what makes him different. I loved that he wasn’t always Grumpy.
Really, Grumpy’s story is one of the more tragic ones. If villains can have their happy endings, then I think Grumpy deserves his. Obviously, this dwarf can love, and while I think the show has gone in a different direction since Grumpy/Dreamy’s original thread was written into the show, I still want the events of Dreamy (mostly concerning the blue fairy) to be acknowledged and explained.
So Emma getting sucked into the hat might be the charge of magic Rumple needs to make it work. To be honest, I love the drama of it all, but i would hate for Emma to get sucked into the hat.
A few thoughts I had…
Possibility #1: Rumple intends to put Emma in the hat, but doesn’t because those actions would risk him losing Belle.
Possibility #2: Rumple successfully traps Emma in the hat. If this were to happen, I imagine we would find out that there is actually an entire universe or world inside the hat, and characters inside the hat would be attempting to fight their way out. No doubt, if Emma got sucked into the hat, she’d either find a way out or be freed from it.
Possibility #3: Rumple intends to trap the Blue Fairy in the hat. This would be easier for him to hide from Belle. If Blue Fairy is as powerful as we all think, her magic added to the hat could be exactly what Rumple needs. Also, he hates fairies, so I think I see Blue Fairy going into the hat before Emma.
Also, should characters be released from the hat at some point, I’d be willing to bet that’s where the Black Fairy is.
