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I’m pretty sure Hook is from the EF or a realm other than the Land Without Magic, recall that when GOAT activated the failsafe he knew he would die with everyone else.
The Napoleonic era naval uniforms are going to be the most recognized by average viewers familiar with work such as Master and Commander, Horatio Hornblower etc. Napoleonic uniforms also are perhaps the most elaborate and fairy tale-esque, perhaps because the Grimm brothers were of the same era. In addition the red costume that Rumple decks David out in before he sets off after Snow is also consistent with this same era. The uniforms worn by Victor Frankenstein’s father and brother are also based on 19th century uniforms. The liveries worn by the royal servants in the kingdoms that we’ve seen so far are in the 18th century style. The soldiers we’ve seen have so far been Medieval through and through.
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In my line of work as a military historian one gets familiar with military uniforms. In this case I would say our young captain is a junior officer aboard a naval ship. The cut of the uniform is similar to Royal Navy uniforms worn during the Napoleonic era from the late 1790s to 1815. His shoulder boards have three pips with no tassels which has no equiv. in the RN. An educated guess would place him as a junior officer perhaps a lieutenant (although the possibility exists that he is a midshipman i.e. an officer in training apprenticed to an experienced naval officer whose ranks were drawn from the gentry and non-inheriting sons of aristocratic families).
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David -“…she is so upset-”
Snow -“How could we even blame her. If you died, I would not be able to move on.”
Well, Snow now you know how Regina felt for all those years after Daniel died. Will you apply this insight to your dealings with her, probably not.
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The moment Pan gave the game away by revealing that its belief in one another that will save Henry. A little Luke and Yoda
-“I don’t believe it.”
-“That is why you fail.”
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The fact he was unaffected by the curse I think helps in the compatibility department. How else are they compatible let me count the ways:
1) They both lost loves in the past
2) They love the children in their lives
3) Robin was clearly brought up as a gentleman “chivalry and all that” and Regina a lady “never misses her teatime”
4) Both have a dry sense of humor
5) Both have reasons not to include Rumple on their X-mas card list
6) Both know how it feels to be persecuted by others
7) Rob has a calming presence that could bring down Regina’s fiery temper
8) Rob knows the value of family
9) Rob is not unfamiliar with magic and its limits
10) Rob fights to save the lives of those he loves
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What I meant by Emma saving Regina is she somehow through her magic or otherwise provides the means by which Regina’s heart can be made whole shades of the Dark Crystal here (remembering the curse on her heart that Rumple saddled her with, she may have cast it but by hook or by crook he was getting to Bae and was not going to let her sensibilities stand in the way) and with Regina reformed and her magic turned towards the good the two of them would then be powerful enough together to restore the happy endings. If you think about it the reason everyone has been denied a happy ending is because Regina has been denied hers. Either through her own shortcomings or by Rumple’s manipulations. Snow says good always wins, I beg to differ good people like Rumple and Regina are lost to Darkness then good has lost, for good to truly win it has to win back what it has lost. Because by falling into the Darkness Regina has been furnished with a powerful weapon, her dark heart. That heart allows her when she is in full on EQ mode to threaten our heroes with their own dark hearts. It’s a situation analogous to Luke Skywalker in ESB and ROTJ when Vader tells Luke that the only way to destroy him is by giving into his hatred and striking him down. The Emperor makes a similar appeal when he says all Luke has to do is give into his anger and strike him down. Well, we saw what happened when Snow gave into her anger and hatred she paid the price with a blackened heart of her own. I think its clear that the family won’t kill Regina or let her commit suicide. Shades of LOTR here but she has some part to play for good or ill before all this is through.
Keep in mind that Rumple’s intention seemed to be that Regina would cast the curse and that the vengeful citizens of Storybrooke in a moment of righteous anger would string her up from her tree. Now that didn’t happen, and when Rumple found out about what happened to Belle he summoned the Wraith and that didn’t work. Later on when the threat of Cora coming to town arises and Regina expressed hope that Emma and Snow can get through, Rumple puts the kibosh on that by convincing her to go along with the barrier spell, as he says “glad you’ve come to your senses.” Then after Cora’s death he advises Emma and David to kill Regina to save MM. Now to me its clear that Rumple knows that he’s been feeding Regina a load of bull about her only having anger and being beyond love and hope. Now Rumple either knows Regina to be more than what he has helped to make her (which I think he fears) or he sees her as just another bit of collateral damage in his quest to get the curse cast and find Bae. I personally am in favor of the former.
Custodian of Graham's darts, Rumple's spindle and Robin's quiver
Yeah I suppose I agree with this but I would still put Emma in a class unto herself. She is not just merely inherently magical like Cora and Regina. She is True Love (the most powerful magic of all) in human form and the Savior–this is something neither Cora nor Regina can claim. And in 201 and 222, Regina’s magic isn’t enough; she needs Emma to jump start her magic to make the hat work and then she needs Emma’s strength to stop the failsafe.
One thing about Emma’s magic that gets me though. If Emma’s magic is so powerful, why the magical synergy with Regina? All we know is that Emma is the “Savior” but of who and by what method? Call me crazy but I think Emma’s mission is to save Regina and by saving her (an by extension her whole family and the townsfolk) then w/ the power of two let’s call them light-siders the happy endings can be brought back. Rumple did say of Emma that she is “the key.” Besides A&E being Star Wars fans and fans of unexpected story twists let’s remember that Luke was the hope but his father was the chosen one and in the end the father not the son restored the balance. Neverland is going to be Emma’s Dagobah I think and she still hasn’t had her “failure at the cave” moment. A & E also stated that there’s more to Emma’s magic than just being a true love child. Adam also said in a twitter feed some time ago that Regina is more than evil and Cora also said she was so much more than a miller’s daughter. Remember that Rumple was confused by the nature of both Cora and Regina when he encounters them. He expects to find Cora ready to have everyone bow before her (an idea I think he planted in her mind) and is shocked when he finds Regina a kind and gentle soul and not the spitting image of mumsy and granddad.
Returning to Regina’s family I’m much more curious about her grandmothers and her uncles than her mother and father at the moment. On the question of the grandmothers, A&E have mentioned that while evil is made, good must also be learned. In that spirit I have to ask where did Regina learn to be so kind, gentle, pure etc. Where did her father despite his flaws get his kind heart?
My thought would be that Regina’s paternal grandmother may have despaired of her older children being under their father’s yoke and since he was her youngest (at least so far as we know) she may have lavished on him the love and attention that his siblings didn’t get. It seems that the arranged marriage tradition (i.e. marry who the king tells you) is one followed by the kingdoms of the EF. Now assuming Prince Henry’s mother was married to Xavier out of duty and not out of choice we can assume that Xavier’s wife if she didn’t share her husband’s convictions may have believed in true love and soul mates. It’s possible that she imparted this hope to her son, but because of his father’s badgering Henry never had the courage to assert that core conviction because he was too afraid, afraid of his father his wife and yes even his daughter. When he finally does assert that conviction in 1×02 his daughter has already been so damaged by the Darkness that she takes his heart for the Curse.
Regina’s maternal grandmother makes me wonder, if my theory that Cora’s magic is a legacy of her mother pans out could her mother be and mind you it may be out of left field, but could Cora be a changeling (a fairy child) and here’s the kicker could she be Blue’s daughter? (IMPORTANT: Read the following with what Neal said in “Manhattan” about fate/destiny events being if you will intentional)
Now, the general consensus of opinion seems to be that Blue is hiding some important secret(s)/ ulterior motive(s) from everyone, hence the Sneaky Fairy meme. Now why would Blue sabotage Nova’s love affair and why would she try to muzzle a free spirit such as Tink? I’m betting that in Blue’s past she didn’t quite live up to what she defines as “fairy-like” Blue does come off as a tad sanctimonious. If Cora is her child then Blue would despair of her and Regina falling under Rumple’s sway the way Obi-wan and Yoda did when Anakin fell to the Dark Side. Now Blue could be playing a deep game here with the intention of trying to make right her mistakes. Tink’s well-intentioned but fool-hardy attempt to unite Regina with Rob was the right thing to do but because Tink broke the rules for the umpteenth time apparently Blue withdrew her belief in her, which had to happen for the plot to advance. Blue may have been haunted by a similar failure in her past that she couldn’t correct because of the rules that she now so strictly enforces.
Now since hypocrisy isn’t too much a stretch with Blue especially given the fib about space in the wardrobe. It’s also curious that when Blue tells Geppetto that she has to be off to make preparations with the fairies she turns and gives a nod to the cricket. And later in Storybrooke after the curse breaks what does Jiminy do, he goes off to try and help Regina find out who she truly is. I doubt this is a coincidence esp. given that Jiminy was so sour about Regina’s chances at reform in 2×10. Something must’ve happened between then and the curse to change his mind and I think its plausible for him to be a party to any plans Blue might have had. I also would point out that Cora took on Blue’s form to manipulate Snow and Blue mentioned Cora by name when she chastised Tink which suggest some history there. On a side note Blue like Cora is brown haired and brown eyed as well (just had to get that in there).
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I think its safe to assume that Robin at the time of 3×03 was not an outlaw in the green wood, given that showed his face (albeit not to the audience) in a public inn. His life may very well been comfortable at that time. We can then assume some tragic personal event set on the path to being an outlaw possibly a sense of loneliness set in leading him to fall in love with Marian in the first place while she was the Sheriff’s woman. The Sheriff while he appeared to be a drunken letch would then be the bane of his existence and Marian’s poor health got him into sticky spots like Rumple’s dungeon. I think that by denying themselves one another they left an emptiness in each other’s life that only being together can fix (hopefully).
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