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I’m excited our theory about the Jolly Roger is true.
Yup, pretty sure we’re going to Camelot with the JR. (very a la NL arc…but we’re gonna need a plot device)
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Will Henry (Jared Gilmore) and Regina (Lana Parrilla) have an official operation name for saving Emma?
Kitsis: They should!
Adam Horowitz: Can’t say.The writers can’t even agree on how to interview anymore…
Can the effects of the infertility potion that Regina took be undone?
Horowitz: I don’t see why not. There’s always hope.#TrueLoveSperm
Since we have a new Dark One, is there a new Savior this season?
Kitsis: Sure is.
Horowitz: That’s a great question.…..okay? But the Savior isn’t some curse that gets passed on to people. It’s Emma because 1) True Love Baby and 2) Because Rumple put a drop of that true love on the scroll. That’s why Emma is the Savior. So…okay.
Will there be another dance scene this season?
Kitsis: Yes.OutlawQueen?
Any chance of incorporating the evil witch Morgana Le Fay?
Horowitz: Can’t say.That’s a yes
Is Emma the new big bad or can we expect another villain?
Kitts’s: You never know what’ll happen in Storybrooke.Sweet mercy. We do not need another villain on top of Savior-As-Dark-One.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Rolling! Season 5 of #OnceUponATime is in production… Hope to see ya 9/27! pic.twitter.com/9v20BKND3F
— Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) July 8, 2015
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Weird. I mean, I get it, but they could have left some part of her eyes at least.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"They’ll be a better picture soon, I’m sure, but for right now looks like Matt was right about where the poster was headed
Ok guys this was tricky since is night and it was from the car ok.. Enjoy #OnceUponATime #DarkSwan #SDCC2015 pic.twitter.com/vC62BdMnnm
— JMOStyles (@Anafan2) July 6, 2015
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Poldark 1×03
Or: Nobody Like the Poor. Except Ross. And Ross Likes Them A Little Too Much
Since the series is only 6 episodes long, episode three obviously had to be the turning point and it proved to be such when several “big” meaty plot points occurred. The most significant of these, obviously, was the (rapid fire fast) relationship change between Ross and Demelza. Ok, maybe not Verity and her Sea Captain fast, but rather fast (also, girlfriend keeps a picture of Sea Captain in a locket. Oi vey. I know where this is going). But behind the big plot points there were some serious social and economic considerations, which I must confess I’m finding more intriguing than the inter personal relationships, though more on that in a bit.
Ross is a “people’s person.” He likes the poor, he likes the down trodden, he likes those that are labeled as “other” by society, the society to which he technically still belongs and used to claim as kin. However, now he is more comfortable working alongside them, down in the muck–and often shirtless! Not that I’m complaining about the shirtless Aidan Turner. Boy is ripped, perhaps unrealistically so for Revolutionary England, but High Drama does as High Drama is wont to do (which is to say that Darcy dives into a lake in a white t-shirt and Poldark has Batman’s body). However, Ross’s attitude toward the low born is to his credit and makes him stand in contrast to the other Poldark’s, the ones only concerned with carrying on the family name, not paying their servants proper wages, and semi-forcing themselves on to their wives in a jealous rage (Francis can go bye bye now, k thanks). The gatherings of the Poldarks are dark (pun not intended), dreary and stuffy–literally as they take place indoors because the outdoors are for the low born and those who cannot afford to live in a house with SIX drawing rooms (not an exaggeration though I don’t actually know how many drawing rooms THE Poldark’s have). Contrast to this, of course, is the outdoor, life giving, airy, and colorful celebration that Ross witnesses. Everything about it is inviting, whereas he is made to feel awkward in the Poldark’s home. Theme: family and home are what you make it, not that to which you are born, important for both Ross and Demelza.
Elizabeth continues to bug in a way that is confusing. Any woman who is almost raped by a jealous husband instantly earns my pity and sympathy but then she goes and gives the most heavy handed metaphor so far: cornflowers fade, lovely though they may be. AKA: “You wanton strumpet! I see what you are about. But you are a weed, and I am a LAAAAAAADY and therefore better than you! Now move out of my way, you common hussy!” Also, feel somewhat sorry for Geoffrey Charles because I get the feeling Mama is going to cling to him and make him into a mama’s boy which will only further incite Francis’s wrath. Ain’t gonna be a pretty home situation is what I’m saying here.
Speaking of a non elegant home situation: Papa-Demelza (does he have a name…I could just call him Drunkard. Yeah, let’s do that) shows up because he HATH FOUND THE LORD AND HE IS JUDGING YE! Oi vey, again. I’m glad Drunkard is off the hooch, but man…re-born and judgmental people annoy me so much. He is convinced that the only reason Demelza is with Poldark is cause they be fornicating (biiiiiiiig theme of the episode: everyone thinks Poldark is plowing that field already). It couldn’t possibly be because you were an abusive butt, right Drunkard?
But this leads us to: she-bang she-bang. A few passing thoughts: first off, I find the relationship to be fast. I know, I know, @Slurpeez is going to hit me with a broom. The show has spent so much time focusing on just Ross and his need to protect and care for the poor (and his lingering feelings for Elizabeth) that the interactions between him and Demelza have been surprisingly sparse (and even as a non-book reader, I knew they’d end up together. I mean…this ain’t trope breaking literature by any stretch). They’ve had some interactions, and what they’ve had has been good, I’ll grant. A few longing look, a few good conversations, a few hints that they regard each other highly. But Ross comes home drunk, kisses his maid who has put on a fine dress, and next thing we know…well he’s plowing a field. *ahem sexual metaphor is obvious ahem* I guess what I’m trying to say, in my not so elegant but snark filled way, is that it was a bit too fast and reeks of a TV producer knowing that he only has 6 hours to tell a sprawling epic when they really need 12 hours in order to flesh out both characters as individuals (meaning giving them both more than one or two defining traits. Ross = haunted and cares for the poor; Demelza = poor but kind), Ross’s care of the poor, and the relationship between the two (not to mention all the B-plot stuff of Elizabeth and Francis, Verity, the other Poldarks, and whatever is going on with the well-to-do-obvious-antagonists-whose-last-name-is-long-and-thus-I’m-forgetting-it) if they want me to buy that it’s a great love story, as it clearly is going to be set up as (again, not trope breaking literature here). The fact that this episode ends with them getting hitched made me both laugh hysterically (Poldark looks like he knows he’s just made a giant mistake) and go “eeeeek” because holy moly, that was fast! (‘You can no longer be my servant but because I have deflowered you, and because I am a Byronic Hero of the highest magnitude, I must keep with my archetype and wed thee!’) I know they can’t really “date” or “court” but no one apart from Elizabeth knows about them and everyone already suspects, so whyyyy the marriage? (oh right, Ross is honorable) Anyway, it does set up some comedic gold for next episode, I’m sure. I just hope they make me believe that these two are more than just ships that passed in the night and then had to face the consequences of their…pulling into harbor.
Misc thoughts:
–still love the music, especially the opening theme
–the harlot returns and is dressed in red. Not subtle, costume department.
–Demelza keeps getting prettier.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
