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[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
I have a question… was last week’s “cameo” of David Anders… the last we see of Dr. Frankenstein/Whale this season? Since there’s no more Jeckyl…will we see our monster builder?
Not really sure. David Anders hasn’t been back on set but it’s always possible to bring him back since iZombie films next door. But I’m guessing yes that was it.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"There is an even stronger likelikhood that he and Jasmine will share a TLK at some point.
I wonder if TLK cures #SaviorShakes
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Also, anyone wondering why Jasmine took a fake name? Why is she trying to hide her identity–no one in SB knows about Aladdin and his #SaviorShakes or about Jafar.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"one wonders how much more excited I would have been had I not already realized that Karen David was playing Jasmine. LOL
LOL like if it hadn’t been in every single promo since summer!
It’s hard to get a read on Jasmine for the same reason it was hard to get a read on Aladdin in 6×01; they have nothing to do yet so they come across as a bit flat. Jasmine’s interactions with Snow were nice, though the show missed a chance to open her personality up a bit and not just about believing in yourself. Like, people do have OTHER conversations!
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"It strikes me as completely bizarre that not one of these characters has thought of the idea of reintegrating Regina’s dark side
This! Like why isn’t this even a conversation right now? Regina even up to her split was doing a great job of keeping a lid on the Evil Queen. She felt the pull of darkness–and likely always will–but she kept that side of her under control, using only the Queen’s passion in moderation to help her friends and family. The fact that no one is saying “maybe this wasn’t a great idea” bothers me.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Can I also say that the writing drives me insane. How can you go from last week’s poem that melts everybody’s hearts to THIS? Jane Espenson needs to write all the Rumbelle storylines because I don’t think anybody else knows how to write them.
I agree with this part. The disconnect between last week and this week is jarring, to say the least.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I could see them going that route though for my own sanity I think I’d prefer if it was more like a limbo between actual life and actual death so we don’t have to deal with Regina coming back to life and once again breaking dead is dead.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"CON: Mary’s entire backstory.
I am going to talk this out a bit more in hopes that I can explain it further. I should probably classify it as a PRO/CON because, like some other aspects, there’s a gold mine to explore here. Mary is leading a double life like Jekyll only her’s isn’t manifested by way of a literal split. She’s vacillating between what society wants her to be–the dutiful Victorian daughter, all proper and virtuous–and what she wants–a life of passion and desire. That’s heavy! And relevant! And should be explored in a lot of way but because Mary is a one-off it’s never going to so the end result is less than ideal.
All of this–Mary being torn–is apparent in the way she’s written and her actual dialogue but none of it is actually explored. Instead, Mary makes a choice–the life of passion and desire–and then is promptly killed for it by a man who feels emasculated because he’s likewise oppressing his own sexual desires. And then he gets called the villain not just for killing Mary (obviously that’s a no-no) but because of his repression!
The show seems to suggest the following: A) If Jekyll had not been so repressed and so determined to squash his own inner sexual desires (what he calls the beast and what Hyde manifests as, all swagger, confidence and virility) then he would not have killed Mary, he would not have created his serum and no one would be in this situation (including our heroes). Men of the world: be more like the Hyde persona!
But at the same time, B) If Mary had chosen her duty over her own sexual desires, Jekyll would have gotten what he wanted–Mary–and while their union would have been miserable, Jekyll’s would have manifested in affairs which the show goes to a weird length to show as common in Victorian England while Mary’s would have manifested in personal misery because she’s denying an aspect of herself. Women of the world: Don’t make the wrong choice like Mary did!
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I think, for the moment, that a pro/con list is safer for me because I’m feeling all manner of conflict.
PRO: Both Hyde and Jekyll were well portrayed by their actors. Hyde’s been the better of the two all along, but Jekyll really brought his A-game this week.
PRO/CON: Classic OUAT twist that the story is more complicated than what you think–though this is not the first time the villain’s story is “because of a love interest.”
PRO: Good costumes
PRO/CON: There was so much to explore about society and how it dictates how we present ourselves to the world and how it can feel like we are leading a double life. They did a decent job with the amount of time allotted but it’s a gold mine.
CON: Mary’s entire backstory. If this was the first time the show were to have women be sexually aggressive and then be punished for it or explained that this is part of villainy, I would be willing to discuss the point but Mary is not the first case, not even by a long shot. When they want women to be “bad” and given traits that are deemed “bad” and need to be corrected, it’s aggressively sexual. From the EQ to Zelena to Lacey to Emma…it’s not…pretty. And, yes before anyone says it, I know that it’s Victorian England (well, Fictional) and that it’s upholding certain mores about that society in that time, but…again, Mary isn’t the first case where sex is used to distinguish, for wont of a better trope, Madonnas and Whores.
PRO: The flashbacks felt relevant and for more than just the current plot. Again, there’s a lot there and not just about the serum. Society, science vs magic, repression, emasculation….all good thought-provoking, conversation worthy elements.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
