Can I just say they should have ended it here? The end was good, satisfying even. I expected them to screw it up but they didn't and Regina's happy, EQ is with Robin, everyone has a good life, very good ending. Not what I had hoped for but good, I wish we would have seen Robin and Regina but hey at least one half of her is with a version of him. So it was quite satisfying. Honestly another season will just ruin it. That was it, should've stopped here. Anyway in the next couple of weeks be ready for a tons of edits because my final exam is soon and I will finally get to post everything I've been holding so yeah.... I really liked the finale and that OQ scene with the ring, nice touch A&E, well played 👏👏 #onceday #ouat #seasonfinale
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OUAT: A look back before moving forward
Here's the thing: Once Upon a Time is the most flawed yet amazing TV shows I have seen. I don't really like the idea of the requel (as K&H calls it; as in "reboot" and "sequel" combined) because for me, the story should've ended with season 6. Heck, they should've ended the series with the musical episode, but no. Whether it's ABC or Disney or Kitsis and Horowitz that doesn't want to let the show go just yet, we don't know, but I can't not look back at the past seasons before the new season airs this Friday.
The Ships that Sailed
Once Upon a Time's story started with Snow White and Prince Charming, with their daughter Emma Swan going back home and breaking the curse. I love the Charmings during the earlier seasons. With Emma and her walls, Emma and Snow's friendship, Snow and Charming constantly losing and finding each other. But ever since ships were introduced in the show (*cough*season 3*cough*), things really get wonky. It was like being under the curse yourself. Which is sad, because I love season 3. Truth be told, I hate how Emma and her parent's story arc turned out, especially Emma's. Emma used to be a badass central focal point of the show but ever since she got paired with everyone she's been paired with, Emma has become weak and boring.
Go on, fight me, but that's the truth. Ever since ships happened, Emma's walls sunk lower than the Titanic and the destroyed wall on Game of Thrones combined. Everything that she does were all for ships. I can't even remember a single story arc from season 3 and on that does not involve Hook. Yes, I was a SwanFire shipper, but I also shipped CaptainSwan in the beginning... that is until I got sick and tired of seeing pointless plot lines just to cater the ship.
Like, take the Dark Swan arc as an example. Before season 5 began, I was so excited because Jennifer Morrison spent so much time preparing for the role. I thought it'd be the perfect story to end the series; the Savior becoming the Dark One. I thought, "yes, this will give her family a chance to save the Savior this time." I thought that they were finally going to bring back the focus on family and wake up from the curse that is ships. But I was wrong, because once again, the season ended with catering the ship. When I rewatched season 5 in preparation for season 6, I realized how much I hated that entire season and how they wasted 23 episodes for what could've been two amazing story arcs and for what? To make fans happy? What a load of crap.
The Right Savior
Like I said, I hate the fact that they murdered Emma's entire story arc for ships. No, I don't think that Emma has been useless ever since she was handed a love interest, but she started looking less of a Savior to me as seasons go. She couldn't even do a shit without turning the plot and centering it around Hook. I know, I should blame the writers for this, but we'll get to that later.
I know that when the show started, Emma was pegged as the Savior. But as seasons go, the term "Savior" seemed to apply loosely on everyone. Take Regina as an example. I HATED her in the beginning because she was so evil. I haven't forgiven her for killing Graham and for making Henry feel like he's crazy just to keep her secret, but ever since season 2, ever since she realized that she was turning out to be just like her mother, Regina changed. True, she slipped many times, but if there was one true Savior on this show, it's Regina. I'm not dissing Emma as a Savior, but as seasons go, it felt more like Emma couldn't save the kingdom without help from Regina or anyone else. And fight me on this, I don't care, but Regina has one, if not THE BEST story arcs on this show.
Once Upon a Plot Hole
If there's one thing I hate the most about this show, it's the plot holes. I don't know why they have to bring so many writers, but it's so annoying how each season can't go without a plot hole or a timeline problem. If it were up to me, I'd keep the writer's circle to 4 or 5 people (excluding K&H): Jane Espenson, David H. Goodman, Andrew Chambliss, Dana Horgan (and Brigitte Hales). These people have been writing for the show since season 1, a lot includes my favorite episodes and I hope they had these people write the entire show instead of hiring ten thousand writers who didn't know shit about the storyline. But it's not up to me so...🤷🏻♀️
Season 7 Hopes
I've seen episode 1 of the new season and for now, I can say that what I've seen is enough for me to stay tune to know what's going to happen next. However, I hope that writing 6 seasons of the show gave Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz a chance to really see through their faults and write a better story. I hope they won't recast a new Snow White, Prince Charming or any of the main characters (and even secondary ones) we've all met and loved (or hated). I know they said that in this requel, we will meet fairy tale characters from other versions of the storybook, but IT STILL FUCKING HURTS. It felt like a huge slap on the face seeing a character get replaced.
I don't know how long the series will last. Maybe it will get cancelled after the 7th season, maybe it will go on for 100 seasons. We never know. After seeing the premier episode, I realized that season 7 feels like an entirely different series, but I'll keep watching the show for the three people I've grown to love and hate: Regina, Rumple and Hook.
I just really hope they won't butcher these characters this season.
And with that, Happy ONCEday, err, week ONCErs!
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