"Once Upon a Time" reactions

[amelia_petkova]

I wasn't in love with the first episode but I decided to watch the rest to see how it goes.


I know that a lot of people have had a reaction to the "stepmothers and adoption are evil" implications. I didn't have as much a problem with it, but that's because this was my initial theory: When Henry meets Emma in the pilot, he claims to be Jiminy Cricket; soon afterwards, we see that character in one of the fairy tale world flashbacks. Since Regina wants to control the Storybrooke world, my assumption was that she adopted Henry because he's Jiminy Cricket and thus wants to control him. I'll admit that the more we learn about Regina, this seems less likely. I think she needs therapy more than Henry.

Rumplestiltskin's pimp cane makes me laugh

I love that Snow White became a badass during her forest exile (and I'm annoyed that her "modern-day" version lacks a spine and most of a personality)

I'm amazed that John Doe/Prince Charming/James has enough physical strength to walk out of a hospital without assistance after being in a coma for who-knows how long

The toll bridge/troll bridge grafitti makes me laugh

Less Henry time, please

Wow, ripping off the Whitney Houston fairy godmother much?

Cinderella/Ashley actually had the foresight to attack Rumplestiltskin with a can of mace? Badass!

...and the video on the official website stopped playing before episode 4 finished. No clue why. I guess that's why episode summaries on Wikipedia exist!

Comments

[littlelotte.livejournal.com]

Henry's therapist is Jiminy Cricket. Henry isn't in the stories because he's Emma's son...only slightly an outsider who happened to be brought in. Of course by Rumplestiltskin, who had to have been keeping an eye on Emma through the years. Also, I agree--first episode was terrible, and the rest have been...meh, but watchable.

[amelia-petkova.livejournal.com]

That explains a lot! I didn't pick up on the therapist being Jiminy Cricket at all. It's interesting to wonder just how many schemes Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold has going on at any given time.