OUaT season 2 finale response
Sep. 14th, 2013 09:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shallowness2.22 And Straight on ‘til Morning
I found myself enjoying this – a lot because of Hook. I haven’t fallen for the kohl-rimmed, leather duster snarkiness, at least I don’t think I have, though it’s entertaining, but I did like that they gave him a lot more greyness WRT Bae. (Worst ‘let me be your stepfather’ pitch ever.) He’s always been tricksy, so I refuse to trust him much when he seems to be noble, and approve of the other characters when they’re sensible like that, though it was interesting that he chose survival over revenge. I tend to think he was telling the truth about his father – because this show loves parent-child stuff. And I don’t know if the show runners have fully thought out how weird his position is every time he flirts with Emma now.
But I did love the growing realisation that the Lost Ones (are they vampires? Is the fact that we’ve only seen them during the night significant?) were working for the real big bad of Neverland...Peter Pan. That’s got delicious potential. And just as I was thinking about how they couldn’t keep Bae there while they were telling that story, because that boy actor is about to become too much of a young man, they came up with a very elegant solution.
At least, it is WRT Henry being the wanted one, and that for as yet unknown reasons. But Tamara and Owen going there after all the talk of the Home Office, which was in this world, is almost a step too far. I suppose they could have been dupes – Owen’s backstory and their fanatical belief in getting rid of magic from Earth was too convincing. I think some ‘splainin will need to happen.
I was also pretty sure that Neal wasn’t dead, so I couldn’t get invested in anyone’s grief about that, although I thought they used it well as a motivating factor for Emma and his dad (I’m also confused as to how Belle knew he was dead, although I may have missed something blindingly obvious).
However, I melted at Emma calling Snow ‘Mom’ and David ‘Dad’. FINALLY! I also loved their collectively choosing the harder path and, when it didn’t work, finding another – i.e. Emma using her powers. I had wondered if they were going to be as forgotten as her internal polygraph.
(My head canon is that after coming up with the potion, the Blue Fairy decided to have a lie down and slept through Storybrooke being threatened with destruction. Yes.)
I couldn’t see that they were going to let Regina die yet, although I’ve always thought her sacrificing herself for Henry was the endgame. Plus! Village of innocents!
The last bit was so busy. I feel they covered most of the bases they thought necessary in the time they had.
I’m glad Belle got at Rumpelstiltskin’s better self, and I love their chemistry, although I could have done with much more time being spent on their issues.
However, I worry that we won’t get a Storybrooke episode if it’s just Belle (and the dwarves, Granny, Archiminy Cricket, the Blue Fairy, Gepetto and Pinnochio, Dr Frankenwhale and SOB! Red) remaining. At best, it’ll probably be just a strand until the characters on the ship return with Henry. I’m glad we’re not done with Aurora, Mulan and Philip’s story of how they’re rebuilding the Enchanted Forest. I wish we could have had Nova back this season, though. For that matter, the Blue Fairy isn’t the only fairy in town, but they barely remember her when magic would be useful, so. Oh, and Frederick and his Princess never got a callback. It was all so busy at the start of the second series, but I’d have loved them to do even more with characters getting their memories back and reconnecting. I would also have liked to follow Henry to school, which seemed to have restarted. What arrangements had been made without Mary Margaret? What was the children’s response to realising they’d been frozen for 28 years, perhaps separated from their families? I’ve always wondered how Henry felt about being the only boy who aged in town.
The Charmings, Regina, Rumpel and Hook (I noticed the actor was promoted to a regular for this ep, which was nice for him) setting forth in an uneasy alliance for Neverland is a fascinating set up for the beginning of season 3. Despite not setting up the new show, they tied up more stuff fairly satisfactorily than I could have hoped for – did hope for, with so much going on.
I also got very excited yesterday at seeing an Agents of Shield trailer and learning Channel 4 are starting to air it at the end of September.
I found myself enjoying this – a lot because of Hook. I haven’t fallen for the kohl-rimmed, leather duster snarkiness, at least I don’t think I have, though it’s entertaining, but I did like that they gave him a lot more greyness WRT Bae. (Worst ‘let me be your stepfather’ pitch ever.) He’s always been tricksy, so I refuse to trust him much when he seems to be noble, and approve of the other characters when they’re sensible like that, though it was interesting that he chose survival over revenge. I tend to think he was telling the truth about his father – because this show loves parent-child stuff. And I don’t know if the show runners have fully thought out how weird his position is every time he flirts with Emma now.
But I did love the growing realisation that the Lost Ones (are they vampires? Is the fact that we’ve only seen them during the night significant?) were working for the real big bad of Neverland...Peter Pan. That’s got delicious potential. And just as I was thinking about how they couldn’t keep Bae there while they were telling that story, because that boy actor is about to become too much of a young man, they came up with a very elegant solution.
At least, it is WRT Henry being the wanted one, and that for as yet unknown reasons. But Tamara and Owen going there after all the talk of the Home Office, which was in this world, is almost a step too far. I suppose they could have been dupes – Owen’s backstory and their fanatical belief in getting rid of magic from Earth was too convincing. I think some ‘splainin will need to happen.
I was also pretty sure that Neal wasn’t dead, so I couldn’t get invested in anyone’s grief about that, although I thought they used it well as a motivating factor for Emma and his dad (I’m also confused as to how Belle knew he was dead, although I may have missed something blindingly obvious).
However, I melted at Emma calling Snow ‘Mom’ and David ‘Dad’. FINALLY! I also loved their collectively choosing the harder path and, when it didn’t work, finding another – i.e. Emma using her powers. I had wondered if they were going to be as forgotten as her internal polygraph.
(My head canon is that after coming up with the potion, the Blue Fairy decided to have a lie down and slept through Storybrooke being threatened with destruction. Yes.)
I couldn’t see that they were going to let Regina die yet, although I’ve always thought her sacrificing herself for Henry was the endgame. Plus! Village of innocents!
The last bit was so busy. I feel they covered most of the bases they thought necessary in the time they had.
I’m glad Belle got at Rumpelstiltskin’s better self, and I love their chemistry, although I could have done with much more time being spent on their issues.
However, I worry that we won’t get a Storybrooke episode if it’s just Belle (and the dwarves, Granny, Archiminy Cricket, the Blue Fairy, Gepetto and Pinnochio, Dr Frankenwhale and SOB! Red) remaining. At best, it’ll probably be just a strand until the characters on the ship return with Henry. I’m glad we’re not done with Aurora, Mulan and Philip’s story of how they’re rebuilding the Enchanted Forest. I wish we could have had Nova back this season, though. For that matter, the Blue Fairy isn’t the only fairy in town, but they barely remember her when magic would be useful, so. Oh, and Frederick and his Princess never got a callback. It was all so busy at the start of the second series, but I’d have loved them to do even more with characters getting their memories back and reconnecting. I would also have liked to follow Henry to school, which seemed to have restarted. What arrangements had been made without Mary Margaret? What was the children’s response to realising they’d been frozen for 28 years, perhaps separated from their families? I’ve always wondered how Henry felt about being the only boy who aged in town.
The Charmings, Regina, Rumpel and Hook (I noticed the actor was promoted to a regular for this ep, which was nice for him) setting forth in an uneasy alliance for Neverland is a fascinating set up for the beginning of season 3. Despite not setting up the new show, they tied up more stuff fairly satisfactorily than I could have hoped for – did hope for, with so much going on.
I also got very excited yesterday at seeing an Agents of Shield trailer and learning Channel 4 are starting to air it at the end of September.
