It's sounds so natural lol

I’ve (26 M) been rewatching Once Upon a Time lately and I’m currently up to season 3.
The more I re-watch the show, the more I have such a distaste for Emma. I find myself getting really annoyed by her. So much so, that it makes watching the show difficult for me, which really sucks because I love that show. The choices she makes and the level of immaturity for someone her age is something that is off-putting to me personally.
I’d love to know what everyone else thinks.

Just had a thought and now I need your theories. If the people in Storybrooke weren’t allowed to leave and they said no one ever visits and Storybrooke doesn’t technically exist because it’s not on any map, how did they order food and medicine and whatnot. And following on from that, how did they file taxes, and how were the random people that appeared able to get Social Security numbers. Did Regina just collect the money Storybrooke’s economy made and say it was going towards taxes? But if that was the case, surely The Mirror would have outed her. Did the curse genuinely make it so legally, nothing was askew? But then where are the health inspectors that would have to come in from out of town etc. Were some people allowed to leave like Henry because they weren’t actually leaving Storybrooke for good? I’m definitely deeping this, it’s a show, it’s just genuinely got me thinking. I feel like I wouldn’t have so many questions if the town wasn’t literally invisible. Anyways, food for thought!

Spoiler warning: there are spoilers for like the whole first season in this post!

I recently started a rewatch and just finished S1 E7 ("The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"), the episode where Graham dies. I usually skip this episode because I find it so sad and frustrating. I've also always hated the explanation for why Emma's kiss conjures Graham's Enchanted Forest memories. But this time, I thought of a new explanation: true love's kiss!

As a recap, the episode starts with Graham kissing Emma and then having flashes of his past/fairy tale memories. Eventually, he visits Henry, who comes up with this theory: Graham and Emma have a special connection because, without Graham sparing Snow White's life, Emma could never have been born. That is the only explanation we get for what follows. Then, Graham and Emma both see the wolf that guides them to the entrance to Regina's vault. After the confrontation with Regina, Graham and Emma kiss in the sheriff's office, the curse is lifted, and his full memories return right before Regina crushes his heart.

Henry's explanation for Emma's kiss bringing Graham's memories back has never really sat well with me. It's just circumstantial, and by the time the show ended, you could say the same about dozens of characters. A lot of people helped save Snow White and Prince Charming over the years. The other obvious explanation is Savior magic. I don't like this one because 1. "savior magic" wasn't even a thing this early in the show, and 2. there's no magic in Storybrooke yet anyway. I guess maybe as the Savior, her kisses would've packed a punch with anyone, but again, that seems too easy.

So, as I was rewatching this last time, I had a new idea. What has the power to break any curse? True love's kiss! That's what breaks the curse for the town at the end of the season, when Emma kisses Henry; it makes sense that it would break the curse for Graham, allowing him to remember his true identity. That means what Emma and Graham have is the beginning of true love! This makes me think that if he hadn't been killed by Regina, Emma and Graham probably would've turned out to be soulmates!

You might be thinking, 'Well then, why didn't it break the curse for the whole town?' I have a few ideas. Either the curse specifically had to be broken by Emma and Henry (mother and child reuniting), a reverse of the way she escaped it by being torn from her parents, or the kiss needed to be timed up with Emma finally being open to believing in magic. Emma was not ready to believe yet but Graham was.

Anyway, I love Killian and Emma, and I know the real reason they killed off Graham's character was a scheduling conflict, but I just thought that this was a fun theory that made more sense to me than the explanation they gave in the show. What do you guys think?

Just saw this car as I was leaving Best Buy and made me think of Emma. May be a little different of a model, I’m not sure. But clearly the Savior likes shopping at Dick’s Sporting Goods because that’s where they parked lol

I got another Kalshi ad. I'm pretty sure it's Marco, right? He only has like 1 line lol

There are loads of online quizzes along the lines of ‘Which character from Once Upon a Time are you?’ or ‘Would you be …?’

So, how many times have you been which character?

I’ve been …

I’ve been Belle seven times (note: Belle is the only one where I’d say, ‘Yes, that’s right’)

Hook three times

Regina twice

and Robin Hood three more times

It took me about 3–4 episodes to get into it, but I actually found it pretty interesting. After the first half, though, it felt unnecessarily dragged out for me. I think the season could’ve been significantly shorter. Thankfully, the last few episodes managed to pull me back in.

I really appreciated the stronger focus on family and friendships rather than romance. Some of the previous seasons had neglected certain relationships in favor of romantic ones, so this was a refreshing change.

I loved Regina and Henry’s relationship. Henry breaking the curse by kissing her forehead was such a beautiful moment. I also really enjoyed Wish Hook and his relationship with Alice. I think that’s how they should’ve approached the original Hook.

I think this season finally gave Rumple the redemption arc I had been wanting for a long time. His character had become so repetitive in previous seasons. I wish they’d explored this side of him much earlier. His sacrifice to save Wish Hook, followed by his reunion with Belle, actually made me emotional.

As for the new characters, I thought there were some interesting ideas. Unfortunately, some of these storylines felt abruptly concluded.

Henry and Cinderella’s romance didn’t work for me. I never felt much chemistry between them.
Ironically, I thought Henry had more chemistry with Drizella 😅

Despite all that, I really appreciated this season as a conclusion to the series. The finale made me emotional, especially that final shot of the “Leaving Storybrooke” sign.

And with that, my OUAT rewatch/first time watch has come to an end. I’m really glad I finally got to experience the entire series.

​I thought this was absolutely hilarious. I'm dying , this meme is everything 😂✨️

does anyone think belles writing is purely just misogyny? im rewatching ouat rn and im at the part where belle is talking to killian on the ship to take bake baes cloak and she said that killians heart is darker than rumples….”i see the good in him, hes changed” bro killed his wife bc she didnt wanna be with him and cut off a dudes hand bc he was wanted LMAO shes so insufferable its genuinely annoying and makes me want to skip ANY part that includes belle and rumple. shes watching him beat up killain and is still like “ik theres good in u” CAN U PLZ STFU OMGGGGG. her character is so so badly written it hurts. they had mulan have the hots for aurora but they draw the line at not wanting belle to be with “the beast”???? clearly they dont care too much about the original source material so this just pisses me off. i do not understand the whole thing with belle and rumple. i genuinely dont. i hate belles writing so much. other characters r ofc iffy too but belles character is genuinely just bad and if not the worst

Rate Hook’s babysitting skills from 1 to 10 😂

Do you think he would survive a day with Dory?🤔🤭

Oh i absolutely think hook🪝would lose all of his hair by noon if he had to babysit Dory 🐠🤣

so do we know how old bae is? like canon age. like i was thinking about it and he was what 13? when he went through the portal how much time passed between then and then when regina casted the curse? how much older is he than emma? im hoping it was less than a year later that regina casted the curse bc their age gap would be weird. thats another thing i saw of emma being 17 but someone said she was actually 18 when she met neal and had henry (or 19 idk what they said)

Okay, so the rules say you can’t have spoilers in the title, so I’ve avoided that.
Anyway, in season three, after Peter Pan’s casting of the Dark Curse sends everyone except Emma and Henry back to fairy tale world, Storybrooke mysteriously reappears, and it’s eventually revealed that Snow White sacrificed David in order to cast the Dark Curse and get back to Emma, but Regina was able to bring David back to life by giving him half of Snow’s heart.
But, in season seven, it is revealed that since Regina has sacrificed the thing she loved most, Drizella is able to use her to cast the Dark Curse, and Regina is with Snow and David as they are trying to get back to the Land Without Magic, so does that mean they didn’t need to sacrifice David in order to use the Dark Curse, or am I missing something?

WHY was Cora redeemed. It bothers me so so so much. The woman is one of the most evil characters of the whole show. Her ENTIRE life, every choice she made was cruel, selfish, evil and wrong. And then she makes only one tiny good choice at the end and gets to go to heaven?!? It seriously makes me so upset lol

I cant lie Rumpelstiltskin is like my favorite character in the show but after season 1 his relationship with belle just became so exhausting for the rest of the series.

What really got on nerves is they kept going back and forth over and over again, like Belle will keep telling him that he is still a good man she wants him to stop being evil and he doesn't change which is why I kinda agree with him after the first curse when she says "I thought you changed" and he says "in what the hour you've know me?" I feel like she was expecting too much good from the Dark One.

My problems with Rumple is that he clearly won't for Belle and then he does stuff she begs him not to, now I cant remember each time, but I know the first few times he wanted to get revenge on those who wronged belle, but for other things he will just twist words and do it anyway, and then cry when she leaves.

I also hate how naive Belle is when it comes down to Rumple she will leave, and then he will do something supposably noble and now she's all "I knew your where good inside" kiss kiss and now their together again, something else happens and she leaves but come back and this happens over and over again.

It comes to the point where they get married and Belle literally gets pregnant and through her whole pregnancy they are fighting and practically separated, at this point Belle is so concerned about Rumple being evil she straight up sends her NEWBORN away with some fairies to "protect him" I understand Rumple was being over the top but DANG.

After all of this they still get back together and finally live happily ever after but it was definitely a titus journey what do yall think, am i just hating?

The Magic Words - The Writers Part 2 (Robert Hull, Daniel T. Thomsen, Christine Boylan, Andrew Chambliss, Jane Espenson, Ian Goldberg and David H. Goodman)