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@beautyistruth wrote:
Great topic! Breaking Bad is one of my favorite TV shows and I can’t help but see extremely strong parallels between Rumple and Walter White’s character arcs. Both start out similarly: meek, soft-spoken, gentle and somewhat bullied. Both start with the intention of protecting/providing for their families, which goes terribly wrong. Both eventually begin embracing their power and role as Heisenberg/Dark One. And, while this hasn’t been entirely confirmed in Breaking Bad, I’m pretty sure both end up losing their families as a result.
OMG. OMG. OMG. No you didn’t just bring up Breaking Bad! I worship that show! I completely agree. Rumpel/Gold is very much like Walter White. It’s almost eerie how similar they are. 😮
Another infamous character Rumpel reminds me of is Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vadar. He starts off wanting to protect his loved ones, but in his quest for answers, ends up becoming the very thing he hated the most.
[adrotate group="5"]@MellieMD wrote:
I think the Oz nods were more to make an allusion to Oz throughout the episode. The whole thing was Regina trying to get back the thing she loves, making her a stand-in Dorothy. And she goes along with the ‘scarecrow’ (The man who lost his mind: Jefferson), the ‘cowardly lion’ (The man who lacked courage: Rumpel) and the ‘tinman’ (The man in search of a heart, Victor) but there was no wizard to be found, as much as she willed it, and instead the events released the evil that she “had inside her all along”. So it was a misdirect, it was a possible foreshadowing for future uses of Oz, but it was also an episode-sized allusion to a favourite classic.
That’s a really good observation. 😉
Personally, I think all the nods to Oz are simply foreshadowing. Last season, there were numerous nods to Oz that were connected to an array of different characters. August with his green phone and “Kansas” license plate, the flying monkeys in Henry’s book, ect. And this season, we have Regina saying “I don’t care if it turns my skin green” and Jefferson repeatedly saying “we’re off to see the wizard.” None of these nods mean that one of these characters is connected to Oz, it simply means that he’s on his way.
Or in a much larger context, it could mean that Oz has some sort of omniscient presence in all the characters’ lives. Maybe all the references are clues that indicate Oz is much bigger than we think. Maybe he’s the Rumpelstiltskin of Oz? You know, connected to everyone but no one knows it yet? ❓
@beautyistruth wrote:
Razzle Dazzle.
In Season one when Rumple says “perception is everything, my dear,” I most definitely wanted him to burst out into this song Billy Flynn style 🙂This would make my life. 😯
Hook is hot (like, seriously hot), but I like the idea of Emma and Baelfire being true love a lot more. I like the symmetry of it all. 😀
But like others have said, a little flirting and sexy eye play between Hook and Emma wouldn’t hurt either. 😀
The tale of Sleepy Hallow has always been one of my favorites. And I wouldn’t mind seeing the Wizard of Oz or the Phantom of the Opera either. 😀
