Once Upon a Time 3x05
I need to be better about actually doing episode reactions.
I just finished J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan a few days ago, and I'm very glad I did. There are multiple references running around. The title of 3x03, "Quite a Common Fairy" is taken directly from the book, when Pan describes Tinkerbell. And I was deeply amused to hear Killian Jones go on about good form, because in the book, Captain Hook is obsessed with good form and bad form.
So, the Emma/Hook hookup (no pun intended) finally kicked into gear. But it seems pretty clear that Emma/Neal is still endgame. As someone who doesn't ship Emma with anyone, I have no horse in this race.
Sigh, David has not been endearing himself to me this season. First, there was his behavior in 3x02, when he went to Rumpelstiltskin after Snow lost her confidence for the fight against Regina. The last time David went to Rumple like that, Snow had been magically altered, so a magical solution made sense. But this wasn't like that. Snow wasn't enchanted, just uncertain. But David wanted fix her. He wanted to forcibly alter his fiancee's mind with magic because she made a decision he didn't agree with! Not cool! I also didn't like the way he tricked Snow, but Snow herself seemed okay with it, so...
He got my hackles up again in this episode. For all David's talk about Hook being selfish, David was the one crafting a hero narrative for himself, rather then letting his family come to terms with losing him. He told Hook he didn't want Emma and Snow to remember him as liar, and I'm going, "THEN DON'T LIE, GENIUS." And does he really not get that saving himself isn't a purely selfish act, that Emma and especially Snow would hurt if he died?
Also, look, I'm not one to complain that the good guys are too mean to the bad guys. You try to kill someone multiple times (or other villainous acts), don't be surprised if they give you the cold shoulder. But David's reaction to Hook seems excessive. Correct me if I'm wrong (no, really, do), but I don't think Hook has even done much to this group personally. And yet David can be civil to Regina and not Hook. It appears to be entirely based on Hook's attraction to Emma, which, okay, I get that David's worried about his daughter, but Emma's an adult, and she doesn't need her dad policing her love life.
I've been a little frustrated that, other than 3x03, the writers haven't been giving Regina much to do except complain and be unhelpful. This episode assuaged some of that frustration with Regina tearing out the lost boy's heart, and Emma letting her. That scene with Regina approaching the boy, with Emma holding back Snow was really effective. And Regina's line, "She didn't, I did. That's why I'm here." was really interesting to me. Is that what Regina feels her role is? To do the things that the others won't do? That's explicitly how Rumpel sees himself, however, unlike Rumpel, Regina hasn't gone off on her own. No one who's been watching this season could call her a team player, but she is playing with the team.
Last season, Regina was practically jumping up and down with glee that Snow was darkening her heart. But this episode she doesn't show any sort of gloating or self-righteousness over Emma letting her steal the boy's heart. Indeed, she actively distances Emma from the act. I don't claim to know exactly what that means yet.
It was quick, but I really liked when Snow tried to hand Regina Hook's flask for a drink. True to form, Regina refused and stomped off, but I so love that Snow offered. Snow has more reason to hate her than anyone else, but everyone is treating Regina like a full member of team, because that's the kind of people they are, and it's wonderful.
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I just finished J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan a few days ago, and I'm very glad I did. There are multiple references running around. The title of 3x03, "Quite a Common Fairy" is taken directly from the book, when Pan describes Tinkerbell. And I was deeply amused to hear Killian Jones go on about good form, because in the book, Captain Hook is obsessed with good form and bad form.
So, the Emma/Hook hookup (no pun intended) finally kicked into gear. But it seems pretty clear that Emma/Neal is still endgame. As someone who doesn't ship Emma with anyone, I have no horse in this race.
Sigh, David has not been endearing himself to me this season. First, there was his behavior in 3x02, when he went to Rumpelstiltskin after Snow lost her confidence for the fight against Regina. The last time David went to Rumple like that, Snow had been magically altered, so a magical solution made sense. But this wasn't like that. Snow wasn't enchanted, just uncertain. But David wanted fix her. He wanted to forcibly alter his fiancee's mind with magic because she made a decision he didn't agree with! Not cool! I also didn't like the way he tricked Snow, but Snow herself seemed okay with it, so...
He got my hackles up again in this episode. For all David's talk about Hook being selfish, David was the one crafting a hero narrative for himself, rather then letting his family come to terms with losing him. He told Hook he didn't want Emma and Snow to remember him as liar, and I'm going, "THEN DON'T LIE, GENIUS." And does he really not get that saving himself isn't a purely selfish act, that Emma and especially Snow would hurt if he died?
Also, look, I'm not one to complain that the good guys are too mean to the bad guys. You try to kill someone multiple times (or other villainous acts), don't be surprised if they give you the cold shoulder. But David's reaction to Hook seems excessive. Correct me if I'm wrong (no, really, do), but I don't think Hook has even done much to this group personally. And yet David can be civil to Regina and not Hook. It appears to be entirely based on Hook's attraction to Emma, which, okay, I get that David's worried about his daughter, but Emma's an adult, and she doesn't need her dad policing her love life.
I've been a little frustrated that, other than 3x03, the writers haven't been giving Regina much to do except complain and be unhelpful. This episode assuaged some of that frustration with Regina tearing out the lost boy's heart, and Emma letting her. That scene with Regina approaching the boy, with Emma holding back Snow was really effective. And Regina's line, "She didn't, I did. That's why I'm here." was really interesting to me. Is that what Regina feels her role is? To do the things that the others won't do? That's explicitly how Rumpel sees himself, however, unlike Rumpel, Regina hasn't gone off on her own. No one who's been watching this season could call her a team player, but she is playing with the team.
Last season, Regina was practically jumping up and down with glee that Snow was darkening her heart. But this episode she doesn't show any sort of gloating or self-righteousness over Emma letting her steal the boy's heart. Indeed, she actively distances Emma from the act. I don't claim to know exactly what that means yet.
It was quick, but I really liked when Snow tried to hand Regina Hook's flask for a drink. True to form, Regina refused and stomped off, but I so love that Snow offered. Snow has more reason to hate her than anyone else, but everyone is treating Regina like a full member of team, because that's the kind of people they are, and it's wonderful.
This entry was originally posted at http://veleda-k.dreamwidth.org/346183.html. Please consider commenting there.