OUAT: Questions about Welcome to Storybrooke

[holdouttrout]

Yes, I know I said I wasn't really fannish about this show. Shut up.



1. Do TPTB for this show believe who we are tells what our actions will be or do they think that how we act determines who we are? That is, is Regina right that Snow is doomed, or is she still capable of choosing the right?

2. What does Regina's heart look like? Somebody grab it!

3. Is Henry (and Bae) right about magic? Is it inherently corrupting?

4. Did anyone else know the kid was the Outsider within two minutes of Regina spotting him?

5. How cool is it that Regina gave Henry exactly what he wanted (ending the immediate threat against Mary Margaret) without giving him what he really wanted (getting rid of all magic) or what he really needed (the end of the feud)?

6. What does it say about me that I actually really like this season and this show? (I keep seeing a lot of people who are fed up with Regina and her back-and-forth redemption arc, but I'm not there yet... at least, not most of the time.)

Comments

[zorb]

4. Yep. :-)

I liked the idea of this episode and would like to see more "early Storybrooke" if there's a good reason for it. The downside was that Henry remains, for me, annoying and terrible, so having that much of him was rough.

[vflick.livejournal.com]

The Mary Margaret thing bugged me. I'm like oh no! she has some darkness in her heart? Well then she's human and not a messiah! (although that would be interesting... not that any studio would ever seriously get behind a story about a non-virginal woman as a Christ-like figure). Anyway, i was railing at the tv that all MM has to do to solve this lastest drama is speak to any reasonably faithful asherent of almost any major religion and have the concept of grace explained. But somehow I doubt it'll be that simple, because i doubt there is anyone that wise in storybrooke.

[peri81.livejournal.com]

I think Regina's heart should be like leopard print. She's done enough bad things that it is tainted for sure, but she still has and desires love. It may not be in a healthy manner, but it is still love. Wasn't Cora's heart still red when Regina gave it back to her?


I don't think magic corrupts, look at the fairy nuns, but the power they seek through magic. Gold and Regina both learnt magic for purposes other than the study of magic.


I knew who the kid was in like the first scene.


I don't mind Regina's redemption going back and forth, but omg can our heros being so whiny. I guess I am not connecting with Mary Margret because I was kind of hoping she'd be killed...

[rowan-d.livejournal.com]

I wish I had time to babble about each of these questions in detail, but sadly I do not right now. However, I just had to pop in and say I'm grinning like a geek at you getting involved in Once.:) It would be so awesome to have you come play with me...*g*

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

1. I think they've been showing a lot of how we act determines who we are, but that often time circumstances make actions keep you who you are (for example Dreamy...but look he became Grumpy. That's a whole new action. He lost his identity! Even if he didn't get his dream).

2. I was thinking the same thing.

3. I...dunno. What about fairy magic? It's very conusing.

4. I was looking for the dude to show that keychain from when his dad gave it to him. (And how did he get it back from Regina anyway? I think I missed something there).

5. Put that way, very cool.

6. Where the hell are you wandering? I'm loving the Regina arc. It makes her seem more real because a person does backslide. I do wish she'd had her own kind of resolution to her mother's machinations rather than plug her heart back in.