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I didn’t read through all the pages…Just seems like another missed opportunity.
Eh, I don’t think a popular Disney/Pixar princess being conceived as a result of rape would have been the best move. Disney likely would have vetoed the idea in a heartbeat even if Adam and Eddy were that crazy to consider it. Zelena and Robin also aren’t royalty.
I agree with Matt on this one. If RH and Zelena had been an actual romantic couple and not rape filled….insert your choice word here….then yes, it’s a good bet. But since the story was it was…nope.
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I think that if Merida is related to anyone, her being the daughter of Zelena and Robin Hood makes the most sense. Come on, her red curly hair and her mad archery skills…
Adam has already said no (but take it for what you will)
Maybe Morgan le Fey is what connects Merida. Perhaps Morgan le Fey is the witch that turned Merida’s mom into the bear.
That would be a good connection.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"As for the witch from Brave being Rumple mom: it’s possible, but seems unlikely. Adam said that they hope to get to Rumple’s mom “someday” which means it’s not happening this season at all and this show rarely (very rarely) carries Disney stories over arcs. Peter Pan didn’t have anything to do with 3B and on, for example. Frozen played no part in 4B. Zelena is really the one exception. So if Brave is playing some role (how major of a role is yet to be determined) in 5A then I doubt it’s going to carry past that–unless my theory that Merida is Hook/Emma’s daughter is correct. However, if that’s true then I *really* doubt that Rumple’s mom is the witch.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovg9bmmV3I8
The Full Dark Swan clip from SDCC
(note: the full Merida clip has also been posted, but it’s in the Merida thread since that felt more appropriate….carry on)
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"The promo for Merida shown at SDCC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Oi65gqEyw
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Erm. I posted something here. But nothing is going through. Eeeeeexcellent.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Look who took over the interview for @accesshollywood at the @ew weekly party #comicon #darkswan… https://t.co/twn7C6TsMy
— Jennifer Morrison (@jenmorrisonlive) July 13, 2015
That's a wrap on #comiccon 2015 for #onceuponatime photo by @joshdallas
Thank you to @lela_rose… https://t.co/ijgQ9QmrLS
— Jennifer Morrison (@jenmorrisonlive) July 12, 2015
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Poldark 1×04
Or: Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About. A Little Mystery To Figure Out
Or, Part Two: IN WHICH WE ALL DIE AND I START SHIPPING IT EVEN THOUGH I REALLY SHOULDN’T AND SLURPEEZ, MACY, RANISHA AND I ALL HAVE FEELINGS WHILE JO SITS ON A RAFT PRETENDING WE DON’T EXIST.
I told myself no shipping. I may have failed.
Ok, so this was definitely the best episode so far. It actually course corrected several issues I’ve been having all along, mainly that the relationship between Ross and Demelza was never given room to breathe and be explored outside of a few moments in private and then they suddenly found themselves in bed and then in church. Normally, Ross’s story is centered on his family, Elizabeth, and his mine while the budding supposed romance was tangential. However, this week we finally saw Ross and Demelza as a real couple and it works. It works quite well, actually.
The main theme of Ross and Demelza is…wait for it…hope. (At this point RG realizes she’s setting herself up for heartache but can’t bring herself to stop). For Ross it’s hope for redemption, hope for a quiet and peaceful life in solitude. Work, taking care of others, quiet moments with Demelza–that’s what he wants. No. It’s what he needs. He doesn’t need the riches and the grand estate. Ross can have the little things. For Demelza it’s hope for a better station but also hope that someone can love her for who she is–wild hair, wild personality, but fragile spirit nonetheless. And they found it with each other. Perhaps they stumbled into it, somewhat blind and groping, but hey…don’t all the great love stories? If it were easy, we’d all have true love (swear I’ve heard that before). It’s about truly finding where you belong in this world. For so long Ross thought it was with Elizabeth and the life he envisioned and the life that was laid bare for him; a set of bullet points that he was expected to check off, one box at a time. How repressive.
For Demelza, her life was a series of moments as a gutter rat, or an unloved and abused daughter to a drunk. Demelza, who would forever be fighting tooth and nail to make some sort of mark that mattered but forever ending up back in the same gutter. Repressive, albeit a different one from Ross’s life. But lo’ and behold, something new came their way and they found home together (yes, at this point RG should stop shipping). Ross doesn’t need that stuffy life, the life of tea parties and proper clothing and changing your dress based on what meal is being served–he can have the seaside and the fresh air and warm pie (not a euphemism) with Demelza. And she…well she can be mistress of a little house with her own servant, be a good wife, and still have her “wild mane” (and maybe tackle a servant or two if need be)
Contrary to this, as they have been all season thus far, are Francis and Elizabeth who are in the worst. marriage. ever. Man. I feel bad for Elizabeth (though I think Francis hit the nail on the head with why she’s helping Demelza). Francis is the worst kind of guy: privileged, spoiled, arrogant, and forever self-pitying. He thinks he deserves it all but can’t stand what he has so he goes looking for it (love, satisfaction, pride, assurance) elsewhere. Normally in our Red-Whore (who I guess only owns one frock). I kinda hope Francis falls into the ocean.
And then there was Varity, whom I kinda dig in that “let’s hang out and be besties” kind of way. I really appreciated that she went to see Demelza and is the first to recognize that Ross isn’t just marrying his former maid on a whim, that Demelza has been incredibly good to him and that she’s changed him for the better. “You gave him hope” Powerful thing, that hope. Varity *gets* it whereas the rest of the small seaside town do not. All they can do it gossip and chatter and speculate but it’s only the one who has been in love and lost it who really understands what is going on. I only want good things for Varity now. Make it so!
MISC notes
–Still loving the music
–Demelza looked magnificent in her Christmas dress
–BABY
–“Merry Christmas…my love” OK GOODBYE
–“I am your humble servant and I love you” GOODBYE PART TWO
–Pretty singing voice from Demelza, no?
–One criticism (but an expected plot line): of course they found copper. You can’t have the hero and his lady actually be destitute.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Okay. I’m putting this out there because if it comes to pass, I want credit.
I think the following
1) What they filmed at the start of S5A with Rumple, Emma and Merida is a *flashforward* a la LOST
2) I think Merida is Emma and Hook’s daughter. No, I don’t know why the Scottish accent but they can make something up about her childhood and why she has a different accent. (for example: their daughter is taken from them at some point in the far future and raised away from them. Oh hey….obvious Emma parallel with Snowing is obvious) (then S5B is all about Emma and Hook trying to prevent the future of Merida being taken from them or something) (we’ve changed the past, stopped an AU…time to prevent the future)
3) I think this ties into the movie “Brave” which is really about a mother and a daughter, and more specifically a daughter saving her mother from a curse/spell/thing.
According to filming reports, JMo wasn’t in her DarkSwan outfit but a green/beige dress.
Well…
Ok. Carry on.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
