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My guess based on spoilers is: That based on the “Distinguished Gentleman” they are casting, that they are making Hades a very devil-like character and in European legends and folklore the devil appears often in the form of a dragon. This and the Lily’s name make thing that she is gonna be Hades daughter. Wasn’t there even a disney cartoon episode in which Hades tries to flirt with Maleficent? I can barely remember watching something like that.
OH!
Oh that might actually be it. It would make her Melinoe (sort of…) who was Persephone’s Daughter with Zeus (who disguised himself as Hades/Pluto–because Zeus is a terrible god) but they can easily change that. Melinoe is sometime thought to be the bringer of madness and nightmare and sometimes the terms used to describe her as akin to how other moon (tattoo!) goddess are described.
Here have a Greek hymn about her
I call upon Melinoe, saffron-cloaked nymph of the earth,
To whom august Persephone gave birth by the mouth of the Kokytos,
Upon the sacred bed of Kronian Zeus
He lied to Plouton and through treachery mated with Persephone,
Whose skin when she was pregnant he mangled in anger.
She drives mortals to madness with her airy phantoms,
As she appears in weird shapes and forms,
Now plain to the eye, now shadowy, now shining in the darkness,
And all this in hostile encounters in the gloom of night.
But, goddess and queen of those below, I beseech you,
To banish the soul’s frenzy to the ends of the earth,
and show a kindly and holy face to the initiates[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"what is one thing you’re grateful for on OUAT?
When I saw this question last night before I went to bed, my first instinct was to be snarky and say nothing. But I realized that this sarcastic answer wasn’t entirely true so I decided instead to give it some thought before answering.
At the end of the day, the actual show–its characters, its stories, its themes–didn’t give me anything. Not truly. The story has devolved from a show that was always campy but fun with a whole lot of heart to a tawdry soap opera with highly questionable morals and ethics that seems to be perpetuating a lot of tired media tropes that really (really) need to die already. The characters are former shells of themselves and I barely recognize my favorite complex Trickster Father Imp because his story has been so mangled. My other favorite character died and both my ‘ships are either dead or have been beaten to the point of resembling ground beef. So, the show itself and I aren’t going to part on good terms and its unlikely that I’ll speak of it with anything resembling fondness except when I look back at S1-S3A, and even then any fond remembrances will be tinged with bitterness.
BUT. Yes, there is a but. The show did give me one thing, even if it was not aware that it was giving it to me. It gave me you guys. Yeah, yeah, yeah this is sappy but whatever; it’s Saturday at 915 am and I’m only on my first cup of coffee. Even though I welcome the end of the show, I fear the loss of my friends. I know that there’s a group of us who are…shall we say…codependent and can no longer function without each other but I still fear the loss of this little community as a whole. The idea of waking up and not checking the forums instantly–saying good morning to various people, checking responses and making my own in turn–is baffling. Like, what exactly am I supposed to do in the morning if I’m not here? As I stated above, there is little in the way of fond remembrances for the show, but there are several memories from this place that will stick out. Various other TV programs we all watched together (ie: screaming and cursing Slurpeez when we got to the last episode of Poldark and all our emotions died and I decided she was to blame–which she took with grace and a smile); coming up with various theories that all turned out to be 100% false but were fun to make (ie: the Home Office theory with Phee that was so well thought out and explained I’m amazed A and E didn’t end up going that route); the painful threads that gave me ulcers but did yield some intense conversations (ie: my Love and Romance thread, the CSF thread); Love Day #1; the summer we spent going through each character thread and discussing their entire arcs (and constantly having to throw cold water on POM and WR for getting a little defensive about how much responsibility Rumple had for turning Regina into the Evil Queen); Comic Con before Season Three when the forums flipping crashed on me when I was trying to keep everyone updated and there was PANIC; the Christmas holiday when our chat crashed and we all ended up singing Christmas carols in a thread we made to supplement chat because we might all be a little too addicted to each other (also discussing the JMO/Michael Coleman Twitter fight which was happening live for our amusement); Watcher’s highly inappropriate jokes; Jo forcing me to learn crochet (which has subsequently ruined my life); taking a road trip to an amusement park with some truly spectacular people that I don’t know how to live without and finding SF stuff everywhere; arguing with Keb for 10 freaking pages over curtains (I’m right, she’s wrong); being here for each other the week after Neal was killed….
The list could go on potentially forever.
So, that’s what the show gave to me. It gave me you guys.
That was overly sappy. Bah. You guys love me anyway.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Most of us thought it would be Merlin back in the day, but as of the airing of 504, we can rule that one out.
If we’re going Greek mythology next season, then it could be Python, who was slain by Apollo, and who’s former home became Delphi, the most famous Ancient Greek holy site, known for prophecy. Lily has been tied to prophecy and fate (along with Emma).
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"IMDB is listing Hook’s father as “Brennan Jones” for episode 511. It remains to be see whether this will be true or not: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5100994/?ref_=ttep_ep22
It’s Irish so it fits. I found two different meanings: Brave and Prince.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"My guess is this supposed Hook and Evil Queen flashback somehow takes place in between scenes from that original flashback
Excellent More timeline confusion
JMo is dressed in her classic Emma look. Guessing Emma is no longer the Dark Swan at some point during 511?
Then @RumplesGirl was right…Emma’s going to be regular Dark One looking Emma Swan when she kicks the bucket, thus being the Grey Savior who takes all the darkness with her to the grave.
Told ya
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Okay that was a long day.
I need sleep. Cause doing it all over again tomorrow. Night folks
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
*get out of the SF tag, RG* *this never ends well for you and you know it* *flee now*
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Oh that gif is just what I needed today. Mmmmmm
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"2/23/2012: Emma breaks The Curse. (End of S1) 10/23/2011: Emma decides to stay in Storybrooke (start of S1) and time begins moving again in all the affected magical realms.
Ooooh. I don’t agree. They’ve said that the first season is close to a year; if she arrives in October (agree) then close to a year is not February. It’s not really May either, but it’s a lot closer. Not to mention all the clothing cues in that episode.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
