Once Upon a Time: Episodes 12 - 22

[ravenya03]

So, I’ve completed the second half of Once Upon a Time season three; what I suppose will eventually be known as the Oz arc (just as the first half of this season was the Neverland arc). And ... I didn’t hate it. I guess. That’s about all the emotion I can muster up over this. This attitude no doubt comes from the fact that a) I’m not that invested

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[sakuraberries]

I'm with you on the shipping crap in fandom. I was pretty disappointed when Neal died because I was a casual Neal/Emma shipper. I also happen to loathe Hook/Emma for various reasons (including that his character has been screwed to fit into the plotline). As you said, it's become abundantly clear that the writers are listening to the loudest (and most obnoxious) voices in fandom and bowing to their whims.

As for everything to do with Regina and Rumple, I have no idea where their storylines are going. I think you make a very good point about the woobification of Regina. She's a very popular character in fandom (heck, I love Regina! She's my favorite character after Emma, though that might have a lot to do with Lana Parilla, whom I adore) which might have a lot to do with it, but people will defend Regina to the death while denigrating Emma, and I'm like...no matter how rash and irresponsible you may think Emma is, you do remember that Regina is guilty of mass murder, right? Regina basically destroyed Emma's life (and her family's) and yet still has the gall to be pissy about them not accepting her into the fold right away. (Plus it was a really dodgy moment in Season 3 Part 1 when Regina was only able to escape Pan's trap because she felt no regret about any of her actions. I mean, wow.) Which would be fine if it were played out as a character flaw, but it doesn't seem to be? True redemption for Regina would involve something like her deciding to be good while realizing it may not make a difference to those she hurt. And the Charmings would absolutely be entitled to their anger. They don't owe Regina shit.

The Elsa cameo was ridiculous. I honestly thought (hoped!) it was a joke. But it seems not. There's a plethora of actual fairy tale characters they could bring in, but they're choosing instead to capitalize on Frozen. Ugh. It doesn't even make sense! Elsa's not a villain in the film. It's going to be such a mess.

I still continue to watch this show because no matter how terrible it gets it's still so much fun, but I can totally understand why you're saying good bye to it.

[ravenya03]

I actually saw the Elsa cameo on Tumblr well before seeing the episode, and for the longest time I thought it was some sort of cosplay!

And yeah, the moment any show starts listening to fandom, the writing will immediately take a downward spiral. It's the reason I quit "Sherlock" as well, since the third season spent more time waving at the fanbase than actually telling a damn story.

I've done my fair-share of complaining about shows/writing choices, but not for a second do I think that any professional writer should be listening to me or anyone else. There's no way I'd expect or even WANT writers/actors/creators of the things I review actually reading what I have to say about them, even if it's something positive. I think RT Davies said it best:

Creating something is not a democracy. The people have no say. The artist does. It doesn’t matter what the people witter on about: they and their response come after. They’re not there for the creation.