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Google mapping Moncton Street where Storybrooke main street is filmed is really quite surprising. It’s a massively long street and they literally film up just one end of it. You can see the “Storybrooke country bread” sign up. Next to the café that is used for Granny’s Diner, there’s “Any given sundae” (with sign) Mr Gold’s shop is really not that far from the library. Whilst the sign isn’t up. If you look on the windows of the actual shop, it says “Mr Gold Pawnbroker”.
It would be a useful tool in mapping out Storybrooke.
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Keeper of Felix
This is the closest I could find
but you’d be hard pushed to find a gif of that line because Rumple never actually says the line on-screen. The line is heard then the camera cuts to Rumple.
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Keeper of FelixI think as RG said, if the story doesn’t interest you or if it’s all about a couple you don’t like, you just tend to skip over it. Because of this, there isn’t so much a clash of personalities. Fics let you categorise what they fall into eg are they humour, horror, romance etc. Plus add which characters it involves plus any pairings. So if you were writing a SF fic and categorised it as such the CSers would tend to avoid it and vice versa.
With the show, you don’t get any categories so you get those clashes. The CSF triangle splintered the OUAT fandom and its never recovered, its only broken down more as the show has progressed.
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Keeper of FelixThread playing up again.
3. Has the character appeared in more than one season of OUAT?
Yes
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Keeper of FelixI think fandom is such a multi-layered thing but is stereotyped as being more at the extreme end of the spectrum. For example you can be fan of a show or a movie where you enjoy it and don’t miss an episode yet don’t feel the need to discuss it further beyond “that was really good!” or you can really get into it where the show becomes a big part of your life and you’ll happily discuss it online or collect memorabilia.
I think when it comes to fandom, the important question to ask to understand it is why. Why do some people engage in a particular show in such a way yet other shows completely pass them by without batting an eyelid? Why does a show gain such a large fanbase yet another one doesn’t?
There are loads of different reasons but the biggest reason is centred around the fan themselves: What do they get out of it? I think it’s fair to say that for most fans, whatever they’re a fan of is a source of escapism. For 1 hour or more, they can forget their problems in the real world and watch someone else deal with theirs. It can also be a social outlet. They can discuss their favourite thing with other like-minded people and not feel judged or rejected for it. This factor is especially strong if people have felt like social outcasts growing up or still feel like outcasts. Online forums centred around a show can give a fan a voice and a chance to express their opinion, something that they may not have the confidence to do in real life.
Characters are also a major part in the becoming a fan process. You want people to engage with your characters, you want them to identify with them and maybe even feel inspired by them. Nobody likes a perfect character. What people do like is a flawed character because nobody is perfect and they can identify with that. Having a character just get on with things instead of curling up into a ball despite their flaws can show that obstacles can be overcome. Using Elsa as an example, a lot of the LGBT community identify with her because they see Frozen as a Coming out story. If you ask anyone why they like a certain character, they’ll be able to rattle off a whole load of reasons and it will come down to either identifying with the character or liking something about the character that people wish they could do. Using Cruella as an example, she is one of the highlights of season 4. Why? Because she is snarky towards the main “heroes”. Zelena’s popularity shot up in season 5. Why? Because she was snarky towards the main “heroes”. Because the “heroes” have become a bunch of hypocrites, fans want them put in their place and the likes of Cruella do that. Why is RumBelle so popular? People identify with Rumple’s flaws (at least before he was made all about power)and they want to be loved despite those flaws. It’s why RumBellers constantly root for RumBelle to be happy together. They want Belle to accept Rumple for who he is yet they also want him to be able to overcome his flaws eg not be controlled by them. This can happen with villains as well, people taking a liking to them because of a trait or flaw the villain has that they can identify with. In fiction you can root for whoever you want, good or bad, and it won’t have any real world effect.
A downside to getting people so engaged with your characters is that, because they identify with them, they feel very protective of them. So when something tragic befalls them eg Robin’s death, people rush to their character’s side. In ship wars, people want who they think best for their character and disapprove of those characters that aren’t “good enough”.
I think Hook is an interesting example because he is very much a “base-breaker”. He’s like marmite- you either love him or hate him particularly when it comes to dealing screen time between the characters (poor Belle always gets the short end of the stick). Depending on whether or not you have engaged with Hook’s character, his traits can be bot positive and negative at the same time eg his romantic pursuit of Emma. Did he show determination in earning Emma’s love or did he harass her until she gave in? The list goes on with Hook.
I don’t think giving fans a voice and an opportunity to be heard is a bad thing, but I think it needs to be tempered. Creators need to listen to their fans but at the same time stand firm on the story they want to tell (Going by tumblr, if RumBelle wrote OUAT, RumBelle scenes would be very much R rated). HOWEVER, most importantly, creators need to be honest with their fans. A&E could very much do with this. Fans would be more willing to accept something if A&E were honest instead of trying to placate fans with crappy excuses and constant “next season” that they never get to.
A&E need to listen to their fans because what A&E say and what fans hear are two totally diferent things eg A&E get rid of lots of characters through various means, Fans interpret this as POCs don’t last long onscreen. A&E need to listen to that criticism and rectify it by adding a long running POC character instead of just throwing more POCs onscreen only to remove them again pretty swiftly. A&E also seem to be having trouble listening to concerns over the questionable concent situations which are swept under the carpet.All in all, a symbiotic relationship is formed between fans and the media they consume. One cannot live without the other. Fans need their show to exist whilst shows need their fans to survive.
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Keeper of Felix
