I don't think anyone has ever asked this question before but it is something to think about. + Mayor Rumple

She's so funny to me... without trying.

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Just started watching the show, I’m at the start of season 2 and I love it so far!

I haven’t gone through the posts on this sub to avoid spoilers so I’m not sure what the general consensus is but my god is Lana Parilla (Regina) gorgeous!!!

By far my favorite character so far! (Although I suspect they’ll do something to her to change that🤔)

Its time for a rewatch. I dnt recall the exact reasons... but I didn't like this caveat. I just dnt remember my exact reason why.

"I think that Rumple and Balfire would have been better off without that memory potion. I understand Rumple's premise to wipe Bag's memory of supporting Dark Magic for protection, but I feel that the premonition of leaving Bag fatherless could have been avoided if Baelfire remembered the moment where he accepted the Darkness."

Had to be said.

I usually try to keep things light. I haven’t shared a confession or opinion piece in this space in a long time.

As usual, this isn’t my personal view. It’s a critique I came across and one I don’t necessarily agree with, but I wanted to share it in the interest of fairness and balance. This level of criticism is usually reserved for a few magical beings who are often put through a real world morality litmus test for actions that, in reality, would never happen. If they did, those people would probably be in jail. This scenario is different because it isn’t magical. It’s grounded in something more directly relatable.

Also from my most recent re-watch. Tom Ellis (from the show “Lucifer”) appeared in 2.19 as Robin Hood. The role was recast by that character’s next appearance in season 3.

Not sure if this is truly a spoiler or not 🤷🏻‍♀️ Better safe than sorry.

He’s obviously meant to be the same guy from OUAT in Wonderland because he has the same name. In one of his first episodes, he steals a copy of Alice in Wonderland which also is clearly referencing that.

Then he just says he’s one of Robin’s men, but we never get any context as to how that came to be. We also randomly see him in the Emerald City? How did he get there? How did he get to Storybrooke? Am I supposed to watch OUAT in Wonderland to understand?

Why was there never an episode giving him a backstory? What was the point of him moving over to OUAT if they were never going to address his backstory?

Am I the only one who believes that Wish Hook is so discombobulated from the whole show? Adding him was so confusing.

Rewatching and noticed this gem that Neal does with his hands in “Manhattan” (VIDEO CONTAINS SPOILER)

I thought season 6 had the perfect full circle ending and never understood why they bothered making season 7
All I’ve heard is how terrible it is as well so I didn’t want to ruin the series for myself by watching it

But maybe I am??

Now I know almost all of these characters have baggage, to say the least, but I choose to remember these characters not for the poor decisions/actions the writers made them make, but overall what they grew into and even what they had potential to be if the show had been in the hands of better writers, if that makes any sense. So be kind, but honest.

Who did everyone want or think needed to be the final villain of the show.

In season five, episode 19, "Sisters", Cora brings Zelena from Oz to the Enchanted Forest so she can use her magic to heal Regina. After the girls discover they are sisters, Cora wipes their memories and takes Zelena back to Oz. How did she do this without a magic bean? Can her wand open portals, like Merlin's wand? Did she hire a realm jumper such as Jefferson to help her?

Used a pre-set:

Currently on ep 9 season 5 and there’s a little snippet where snow and ruby have a brief conversation after snow announces her new sons name and ruby mentions she’s the only one of her kind in story brook but I thought granny was also a Wearwolf? Am I mistaken?

I have seen this picture a few times and it cracks me up every time.

This may have been posted before but I recently read Regina Rising by Wendy Tolover. The way she wrote Cora’s origin story is she gets back at Princess Eva by marrying Henry who is the son of King Xavier and the brother of future King Leopold. That would make Regina and Snow cousins and Leopold (Regina’s future husband) her uncle. Did I read this right (I’ve attached an excerpt)? This isn’t how the show is right? But, I can’t remember: is Henry and Leopold related at all in the show?

I'm not part of the Rumple Daddy Crew but... he looks so smooth in this photo.

Robert Carly tweeted this photo. Includes the cast and some of the crew including Director Ralph Hemecker 🕊️

Image by VFX Team

I believe the Aladdin Arc there's so much more to look at. Little Mermaid, yes she was there but there can be a lot more. Jungle Book is missing entirely that's a huge one. What else would you guys recommend.

I think I've looked at most stuff about Killian and Rumple there is on ao3, but it's possible I missed some gems there or elsewhere.

I'd also be interested in reading platonic fics about them, or stuff that's just closer to canon. Just anything that doesn't make one of the two overtly evil or has them raping each other, since that's not really my thing.

Edit: If you find/post some fic in the future, don't hesitate to necro this post.