Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

[rheasilvia]

Well, I watched it! I thought it had a lot of potential in the beginning, even though it was flawed from the start. At its best, though, it was fun and bright and crazy in an endearingly crackficcy way. Plus I loved many of the characters, and even some of the ones that didn't initially interest me grew on me.

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[rheasilvia]

Yeah, I definitely understand a low motivation to watch the show... it definitely has fun and cute points, and some of the characters are interesting, but in terms of plot, there's simply never a real hook to draw viewers in and keep them interested. (With the exception of one single moment, that is, which unfortunately was not built on in all the ways it could have been.)

just having the assertion that those two do, indeed, love each other, don't mean that I as a viewer automatically root for them.

Exactly. The show later tried to deliver more backstory to make up for this, but it never worked at all. By contrast, Will and the Red Queen worked far better, simply because here there was an actual development, a threat, emotional stakes and something for the audience to root for. Even the backstory was more interesting, probably because this couple had bite and wasn't so awfully bland.

Cyrus was kind of a non-entity for me, and he had zero chemistry with Alice, or anyone else. Alice wasn't exactly chemistry central either, so it all seemed oddly sterile; passion- and bloodless.