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[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
That’s interesting since she has a past connection with Tiger Lily and dream catchers are Native American. I think it could be a hint they’re related somehow.
I thought of that too but I’m not so sure since in a recent hot seat A and E did say that they wouldn’t be adding any new members to the family tree. So whatever Tiger Lily is to this whole shebang, I don’t think she’s family.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Seriously, why do they ALWAYS do this? Introduce a phrase and then use it 50 times an episode? It is so irritating.
CLEAVE. IF I NEVER HEAR THE WORD CLEAVE EVER AGAIN.
Her earrings are dreamcatchers.
She’s covered in them. @Phee noticed it the first episode we met her for real.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Plus: Someone will make a big sacrifice during Sunday’s episode in a bid to take down the Black Fairy.
My guess would have been Zelena, but we know for sure she’s filmed plenty following this episode. Unless it’s a sacrifice that doesn’t end up killing her?
Zelena makes the most sense but…what would she sacrifice? Her magic?
Maybe Rumple will give up his dark one magic to try and save Gideon.
That’s how I’d like for him to go out.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Kinda wish ABC would just confirm it already. I know they can’t really reveal who’s all leaving (cause #nospoilers) but it’d be nice to just have the renewal announcement out.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"It looks like that was written by another user called Nettlestonenell.
I think Screwball reblogged it but yeah. I remember Nettlestonenell. She has some great SF stuff.
Anyway, yay Friday!
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"–That’s a lot of bright greens, Zelena
–All I can think of when I hear “the final battle” is @thedarkonedearie drinking game…
–Black is living in the dwarf tunnels?
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"was just speculating and going on my personal experience with these forums here bc as a Hook fan, I felt there was so much negativity, even when he did positive things, that it made me want to leave. So I speculated that perhaps that’s why all the CS fans left as well. So yes, since I felt that the negativity was overwhelming and at times completely unjustified towards Hook, it made me want to leave therefore I can certainly say it was the forum’s fault for making me feel that way and therefore am totally in my right to speculate that these forums also made CS fans want to leave as well. I know you want to protect your forums here but there is a ton of negativity and a ton geared toward Emma and Hook so it makes a lot of sense that people who like those characters would get really turned off here.
I will not deny the negativity. To do so would be willfully blind. However, your proposed solution seems to be that the negativity needs to be lessened but that’s problematic because it forces people to ignore or at least keep silent on how they are subjectively reading a TV show. People have explained in this thread and others why they feel the way they feel. If you disagree with those opinion that is perfectly legitimate but I can’t ask people to silence their negative opinions just like I can’t ask them to silence their positive ones. This is an open forum where people can express their views so long as they abide by the rules Daniel has laid out and Matt and I enforce.
I would also like to point out that there have been a multitude of efforts over the years to foster good will and a more peaceful coexistence; you weren’t around for our LOVE days but–essentially–it was a day when we shut down all the shipping threads, had one thread solely devoted to games and positivity. You weren’t allowed to post anything ship related and it was supposed to be a community building exercise. Or you can read this post I wrote several years ago tackling the issue. Some of the suggestion given were executed–we did the Critical Analysis threads which were designed to foster only the critical readings of the show and try to leave the rest of the topics more positive. It didn’t work because, as you might imagine, people simply view this show differently now than they once did and it’s going to bleed out. Seemingly, no matter what Daniel, I, or Matt do. Which brings me to my point of this post…
Because the integrity of the forums, OncePodcast, and tangentially Daniel as site admin, Matt and Mod and myself as Keymaster have been called into question, perhaps it would be a good idea for me to sketch out exactly how it all works, the roles of everyone involved. In that way, you might at least realize that how this forum is now was simply a byproduct of fandom and what happens over time and not because of a willful ignorance of issues. I don’t want anyone to ever think that ONCEPodcast runs people out or that Daniel, Matt or myself ignore the larger issues. So, bullet point style, then:
–Daniel might be absent in the sense that he does not post here except for message about technical things, but he is not absent in the sense that he does not pop in and read messages, threads, or hang out in general. He was yesterday actually helping me with some stuff.
–Daniel and I and Matt probably talk three or four times a week both about forum related things and non forum related things. Matt and I talk almost daily.
–90% of my serious mod-ing goes through Daniel first. The other 10% is stuff like tagging spoilers, removing foul language, ie: stuff I know he wants me to fix without running it by him.
–After 5.5 years Matt and I have gotten pretty good at knowing how Daniel would handle a situation and he’s never told us that we went to far or asked to change position but if it’s anything dire–say dealing with a poster we feel is really crossing a line–we go to him. Also, all mod notes, warnings, ect are extensively logged and tracked in a subset of this forum.
–If there are any issues I take them to Daniel because this is his brand, his site, and I committed to representing him as best I can. As such, he and I had a talk yesterday in a private channel about some of the issues you and Michael have raised. His direct response was (and I am quoting him here): “This isn’t the Force. There’s no need for Balance.” In other words, Daniel understands, acknowledges, and knows that OUAT has become a hot bed of factions and things happen over time as people’s own feelings change. People stop listening to the podcast because of Daniel’s views or his pro-Christian worldview or simply because they don’t like any time one of us (Jeremy, myself, Daniel, ect) get too critical of the show, a storyline, or character. He understands the same about the forums.
I hope this clears up some things about the maintenance and upkeep of this joint. I understand that it’s not perfect, that things could be better, and that this site does have bias largely because of how its fallen out over 6 years.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Let me just say that if S7 is not their intended ending they better jsut brace themselves for it because I can’t imagine how bad the ratings will get to next season. It’s completely impossible that the ratings will stay at a 0.7 for the entire year.
You gotta wonder if they imagine S7 to be some sort of wonder miracle drug.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
