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They literally gave Black Fairy, Cora’s hair, coat, & scarf! Like at least change something about her, give her some form of an original look. LOL
They gave Rumple’s mother the same outfit as his mistress. Look I know this show walks a fine line with Oedipal complexes and incest but…
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"What on earth is she wearing? When I think Tiger Lily that’s not what I picture (maybe this is a good thing. Disney’s version is horrifyingly stereotypical/racist)
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Y’know. I have serious mixed feelings about seeing Henry Sr. again. I know it’s a flashback and he’s an important part in Regina’s story but they had such a beautiful goodbye in the Underworld that seeing him again just feels somehow wrong.
Also, *sigh* We do not need another flashback to the EQ trying to kill Snow. C’mon. Wasn’t that the meta joke of last season in some snippet of dialogue?
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"“Gimme Shelter”
I more or less felt the same as @sciencevsmagic so I’m just going to add some points of my own to the above ones
Octavia and Ilian got together – I knew it! Octavia’s made some progress in processing her grief, so good for her. I wonder where this new path will take her (apart from Ilian’s farm).
Yeah, you were right. I have a ton of mixed feelings on this, if I’m going to be honest. It’s hard to not sound like a hypocrite because I did like the Niylah/Clarke hook up last week but those two have an already established connection, both sexually and emotionally, and for them to come together after Lexa’s passing makes a certain amount of sense. They’ve already been there for each other.
Illian and Octavia do not have this; in fact last week she had him on his knees with a gun to his head. Just beforehand she’s yelling, “I need to feel something” so for me it’s not about her processing her grief so much as trying to cover it up with whatever she can–death, black rain, sex with a guy she hates.
I’m also not digging this from a social commentary standpoint. First, I really hate the “sex heals broken hearts” trope especially when it’s combined with the “enemies until sex” one. I really hope the writers aren’t going to make Octavia and Illan a thing because that seems really hurtful to Octavia’s character. This storyline only works for me if Octavia realizes that hooking up with Illian was a huge mistake, a wakeup call that she’s not handling Lincoln’s passing at all and she turns to someone–Clarke, Bellamy, Abby, anyone with whom she has a long established positive connection–for help.
Secondly, I also don’t really like the visual this presents. Now, I know that Lincoln’s actor, Ricky Whittle, had to go on to bigger and better things (like playing the main character in an adaption of my all time favorite novel!!) but it’s disconcerting that the strong, silent, colored love interest for the secondary female heroine has been replaced by a loud, arrogant, murderous and destructive white one who, from the standpoint of this episode, is going to “heal” Octavia.
Bellamy’s desperate attempt to save people was…well, it got boring for me. We already know about Bellamy’s saviour complex. It was nice that Kane felt so protective of Bellamy, but the rest of the dialogue was a drag (apart from ‘I’m proud of you’). People acting irrationally due to issues, and having to be talked down gets old pretty quickly.
I agree with only some of this. I didn’t get boring for me but I think that’s because I’ve always had a soft spot for Bellamy and last season the writers really took Bellamy through the mud and I’ve been waiting for the “old” Bellamy to be back. I like that his Savior Complex is kicked up another degree but not because of who he is but because of what he did last year. I think Bellamy’s desperation was born from guilt and that’s a newer angle. Bellamy’s heartbreaking conversation with Kane got me, and I love that it’s still all about Octavia for him.
The problem with Emori’s backstory was that it was a whole lot of exposition dumped on us very suddenly. No show, all tell. I felt like I couldn’t really connect to it, or to her.
I almost zoned out during all of this. I wish, instead, we had just seen Clarke getting to relax, sleep, eat and recharge. She needs it. The episode had enough going on elsewhere that we didn’t need this. Also, you want to talk about some clunky dialogue, “today I am the commander of death” made me roll my eyes.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Uhh talk about confusing…..well given what Rumple’s Girl laid out, is there still a timeline error? If the First Ogres War lasted a while, then there should be no issues right?
I don’t think so? It’s still seems like a bit of a stretch that the First Ogres War lasted from before Rumple left for war (and given how easy it was for Rumple to enlist, I think we can hazard a guess that the War was already well under way) until Baelfire was 8/9 but it’s not 100% outside the realm of possibility and it actually has some historical precedent.
For me it comes back to what @nevermore was saying: I shouldn’t have to miles of mental legwork to rationalize everything from the timeline to character motivation. Certainly not after 6 years.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Dressed in EF clothing. They’re going home, somehow. Home to rule and only been every few episodes/when needed.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I’m guessing whatever or whoever is inciting the singing did so once in the EF past. So we will see the heroes singing in the present day and past both times being effected by whatever is causing it
They’ve just never ever mentioned it! Cue the memory potion.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"SpoilerTV has their own cancellation prediction and currently has OUAT at a very strong “In Danger”
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
