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This “magic touch” of hers is fascinating to me. I’d never really expected her to have magical powers. Her parents weren’t magical, so I don’t see how it could have been in her genetic makeup. I always just figured her purpose was to break the curse, and that was her “magic”, but she couldn’t make with the hocus pocus stuff. But now there definitely seems to be more to her abilities.
The thing that struck me about that scene was why was Regina even trying to make the hat work? She’s never been able to do that trick before, has she? She’s always used Jefferson to make the hat work, even in FTL. So it’s not like Emma’s touch gave Regina back a power she’d previously had. It did however generate the specific power they needed in that situation. I like how Espenson used the term “conduct magic” in that interview, because that’s what I’m imagining. Like, these magical powers are floating around town and are up for grabs but no one has them back yet, and it takes a touch from Emma to plug someone into the power grid, so to speak. Once that’s happened, then they’re permanently hooked up to the power grid, which is why Regina was able to entrap Charming after that.
[adrotate group="5"]I think there’s a lot of potential for Mulan to be a great character. We’ve barely seen any of her story so far, and I’m guessing it’ll be a complex and tragic tale. The love triangle vibe did bug a bit, because they don’t need to go there if they want to create drama. But I’m hoping it doesn’t become a full blown love triangle thing, and hopefully Mulan’s own true love will come along soon.
@Faux Pax wrote:
But maybe that love is one-side. I mean I think Philip loves her in a sister/friend kind of way but everyone knows he belongs with Aurora. Because of this, she says nothing, even going as far as to volunteer to take on the mark so they can be together. I think that says a lot of her character.
Agreed, it’s definitely a one sided thing IMO. He probably doesn’t even realise she’s ever looked at him in a romantic light, because the whole time they’ve been together, he’s had the focus of finding Aurora. That kind of dedication to the woman you love, that’s an attractive quality, plus the dude is cute, and heroic, so I can’t fault Mulan for crushing on him. 😉
Seriously though, what I got from the character in this first ep is that she’s very loyal, strong willed, and not afraid of anything, and I’m looking forward to learning more about her. The actor did miss the mark a time or two, but I can forgive that and give her an ep to find her feet with playing this new character.
@slurpeez108 wrote:
And what’s up with that stranger in New York who receives a Storybrooke postcard that simply reads, “Broken”?
I think the important question to ask is who sent the postcard to the stranger saying that the dark curse is broken?
I’ve been trying to think of who in SB would be in a position to be sending postcards to someone in the outside world. It’d have to be a character who knew that the outside world existed as a separate world, of sorts, to SB. Obviously, everyone in SB knew the world existed, but they didn’t know that SB was unique and cut off from everywhere else by the curse.
We can rule out Emma and Henry, because though she was well aware of the outside world and the people in it, she’s a bit preoccupied and unlikely to be sending postcards, and Henry knew no one in the outside world to be sending postcards to.
Regina knew about the outside world all along, so may well have the knowledge and motivation to contact someone out there.
Rumple recently gained knowledge of the outside world, and his purpose for casting the curse was to search for Bae in the world without magic. If he’d tracked him down, he may be the one sending this message.
But my guess as to who sent it, (and I’ve only just come up with this idea as I’ve been typing this post, coz up until a minute ago I’d thought only Regina or Rumple were candidates, but suddenly my mind is racing) is Blue Fairy…
I’ve thought that she retained her memories, because she could hardly let the infant Saviour go into a strange new world without keeping tabs on her. In a moment of crackpot theorising, I wondered if Blue may have manipulated events in Emma’s life, INCLUDING Henry’s very conception, and his coming to SB. Did she somehow set this all up, right down to Emma having ended up in jail, so she was in a position to have to give the baby up? Did Blue NEED Emma to have this offspring in SB, purely so that when the time came, there’d be someone who believed and would go get her and make her believe?
At the time, I thought perhaps that was giving Blue a bit too much credit, if I’m saying she manipulated all the significant events in Emma’s life. But what if she did? What if Henry’s dad has always been fully aware of his origins in a magical land? What if he knew Blue Fairy, because they’d met in said magical land? So when she contacted him in our world, under the guise of Mother Superior, and told him he had to go to Emma and make with the baby making, he was willing to play along, because she told him the whole story of them being trapped? What if she said, “We’re here because your papa created a curse, so you’re already involved, and this is a part you can play to ensure that in 10 years time, the curse gets broken. When that happens, I’ll send you a sign, and you can come and be reunited with your papa…and your son.”
So now the curse is broken, and she’s sending him the message that it’s happened, on a postcard with the name of the place he has to come to to find his family.
I’ve never been committed to team Bae-is-Henry’s-baby-daddy, but with a scenario like that one, it’d fit kind of perfectly for him to be Bae. And the more I think about Blue, the more diabolical I think she may turn out to be, so I wouldn’t put that sort of manipulation past her.
In Storybrooke, the Charmings prevent the town from lynching Regina and even team, reluctantly, to stop the wraith from killing Regina.
Also, I really want to know exactly why Rumple needed a Wraith. He didn’t know Belle was still alive until just last episode, and it seems like he’d been planning to bring magic to SB since FTL when he had PC put the egg containing the love potion into the dragon. So, Rumple needing the wraith to kill Regina has to be a side-plot for revenge that he came up with on the spot. He must have some other ultimate goal for using the Wraith that we’ve yet to learn.
We’re assuming the Wraith is a minion of Rumple’s, because we know the Wraith had a medallion, which Rumple has in the promos. But maybe this Wraith is just some kind of rogue that was unleashed as a result of magic being back, and not necessarily sent by Rumple. Maybe he’ll even be convinced to help protect Regina, and he’ll use the medallion to control the Wraith somehow? I know, sounds ridiculous that Rumple would try to save Regina, but it’d be a test and a turning point for him, if Belle has all but begged him to not go after Regina for revenge. If he’s then presented with a situation where he can either let the Wraith finish her off, or show some mercy and help her, it’d score him points with Belle if he chose the latter.
I found the next sentence of the article interesting too:
In Storybrooke, the Charmings prevent the town from lynching Regina and even team, reluctantly, to stop the wraith from killing Regina. This goes very badly for two members of this party – and that flashback I referred to? – maybe it’s not a flashback at all.
Would those two members of the party be Snow and Emma, and whatever happens here, causes whatever happens to send them wherever (and whenever) they go.
@Surayya wrote:
Hope your head is feeling better Phee 🙂
It was…until I started typing this post. 😆
@shery0812 wrote:
meh.*shrug* I suppose. Though it could be a huge coincidence. Plus, the quiver, bow and arrows are a throw-off For all we know, it could be a huge reference to Robin Hood.
My first thought was how Robin Hood-ish he looks too. Not that he could BE Robin of course, but he looks like a mini-Robin.
I realize I’m now treading heavily on “delusional” fan territory. My antipathy toward the idea of Baelfire being Henry’s dad is so big, I refuse to believe it will manifest, no matter how many pieces of evidence are thrown my way. 😆 I guess I’ll grasp firmly to the “delusional” sign until it’s proven otherwise to me onscreen. And yes, I realize I’m probably setting myself up for a major disappointment. 😕
I sorta hope Bae’s not his father too, just because everyone’s been expecting him to be, so I think it’d be more interesting if they throw us a curve ball and have his father be someone else, (I want him to be Peter Pan). But I’m expecting that with a plot point that huge, that they’ve planned it out very well, so however they present Henry’s father to us, whether he’s Bae or someone else, I reckon they’ll do a good job of it and make me like it.
Cool spoiler about the postcard! Rain, hail, shine or purple smoke, the SB mail will still get through. 😉
@Surayya wrote:
I wouldn’t put it past Regina to be the one who actually manages to track down Henry’s father just to drive a wedge between Emma & Henry- at least that way he’s being used by Regina against Emma- there will be the whole ‘why didnt you tell me I had a son?!’ issue, along side Regina stirring to get Henry resenting Emma for telling him lies-esp that he was dead & in essence keeping him from knowing his father! + You’ll have the issue with what happened between Emma & the guy, with Snow & Charming- wanting to stick up for Emma, but sticking up for Henry at the same time …….Enough angst there to last anyone a full season lol :p
I wouldn’t put that past Regina either. In fact, I’d be surprised if she hadn’t started trying to track down Henry’s father as soon as Emma came to town. Would have been smart of her to find out who and where he was, so that she could keep tabs on him so he didn’t show up unexpectedly like Emma had. Also, knowing where he is, and knowing Emma doesn’t like him, he’d be a handy tool for her to use in a fight against Emma.
It’d get messy from the moment Emma came back and became part of the equation. If there’s this guy that Henry has already gotten to know a bit, and then suddenly he discovers he’s his father, so they want to get to know each other more, but Emma tries to keep them apart, that’s ripe for angst on all sides.
If Henry’s father comes to town, and Emma instantly wants nothing to do with him, and doesn’t want Henry to know him, that’s exactly the situation there was in season 1 where Emma came to town and Regina tried to keep her and Henry apart. So unless they just wanna re-hash the same storyline, they’ve gotta put a different spin on it somehow. Having Henry and his father establish a friendship before having any idea that they’re father and son, and then having them torn apart, would put a different spin on how it happened in season 1.
@AntBee wrote:
All this speculation is making my brain hurt.
Today, I accidentally headbutted the edge of a garage door that wasn’t opened up the whole way. I hit it with considerable force, and had the throbbing headache from hell. It’s nothing compared to what spoilers do to my head though. 😛
I think that if Bae is gonna have the opportunity to get to hang out with his father, the ONLY way that can happen is if Emma’s not in town. Otherwise they’d just be re-playing the situation we saw in season one where Henry wanted to hang out with Emma, but Regina objected. Now he’d be wanting to hang out with his father, and Emma would be the one objecting. Though if Henry and his father did get to know each other, I don’t assume that either of them would know they’re father and son…until Emma comes back and is all, “Ummm heeeeelllllll NO!”
