Queen of Hearts

[seraya7]

...also consider this the place to put thoughts and spec on the other episodes between Tallahasse and Queen of Hearts: Child of the Moon, and Into the Deep. This is all stuff I wrote a few days ago; currently my brain is all about Stargate, but if I don't post it now I never will! So.

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[seshathawk]

In regards to the rest of it, I’m not sure how I feel about the Neal-is-Bae thing. I was all on board until Neal met August, and then Neal seemed so clueless that it seemed highly unlikely. But I vehemently said that August could not possibly be Pinocchio, so what do I know? I have to say I was a little disappointed when you pointed out that Neal was the subway man-the subway man seemed like a loser, kind of like the male version of Mary Margaret except less adorable-like he keeps trying things but has the worst luck all the time. I found that really appealing. Neal is obviously not that character I built in my head from that ten-second scene. So now I don’t know how to feel.

I reread your Tallahassee thoughts and really had nothing to say. I am all thought out from doing this one. (Actually, I have just noticed that I have not done much commenting on your posts this season. I think that is because for most of this season I was so busy? Also I guess this isn’t much of a discussion show for me.)

[seraya7]

I figure my whole problem with Hook is that I wanted to be interested in him, and then I just took massive offense at the way they did him wrong and started pushing him as a love interest for Emma. Part of me figures I should have known better, because this show is not the highest of quality, but, like you said, they've never gotten a character so wrong before. Maybe they just wanted to have a pirate

[seshathawk]

I have more thoughts, but I am sleepy, and will write them tomorrow. I just had this main one tonight:

I think the reason why I keep wanting to ship Hook/Cora is because Cora would obviously have complete control over him and it would be awesome. Like, he's such a dick and this control-crazy lady is just like, "So. You're going to be my lover now," and he's like, "Okay!" and he hasn't been great with the females so far, I think if he just completely caved to one it would be hilarious/interesting/awesome. (Possibly why I keep saying I want him to fall hard for Emma.)

[seraya7]

It's hard to maintain villains who are around constantly and have personal relationships with non-villains. At least they didn't try to keep Regina scary while simultaneously powering her up and powering down the heroes

[seshathawk]

Re: Hook. Yes! He seems to have the bare minimum of requirements to be called Hook at all (i.e. a hook), and has been crossed with Jack Sparrow and possibly Ralph Fiennes. But I was thinking-here is the thing about most of the characters on the show. Taken from their source material (being Grimm/Andersen), there is very minimal description of characters like Snow White and Cinderella. Snow White’s main characteristic is being pretty, and Cinderella’s is being downtrodden (she cries a lot). That leaves them very open to almost any interpretation you want to give them

[seshathawk]

Thoughts on Cora: hmmmmm. That’s possible, and I’m still hoping they’ll tell us exactly what went down with Cora and Rumple originally, but I always want more character stuff

[seraya7]

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[seraya7]

Also: I obviously have it fixed in my head that Neal is Bae, but I would like to see a normal character with no connection to another world show up sometime. And I would like it if Emma has had a few past friends and relationships and stuff with similarly normal people; she can't have only fairy tale characters in her life.