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arduinna’s urgings, mollyamory and I just power-chugged our way through Once Upon a Time, which it turns out is pretty damn good, and which as also left me with a lot of Thinky Thoughts. I have no idea if these thinky thoughts are just repetitions of what the fandom has already discussed to death, because I haven't been watching long enough to track down the discussion and fiction communities. But I'm gonna talk about them anyway, because Once Upon a Time has a few things to say about certain subjects, and is willing to use a mallet if necessary to get its points through. Or are they? Sometimes I wonder how much of what the writers of a show do they actually intended. I'm pretty sure they intend the abandonment themes they are writing into the show, but portraying all the men as weak or mcguffins? Not as sure.
The two themes we see throuhghout the show: Men are Weak. Never Abandon Family.
(Spoilers through episode Stable Boy below.)
( I'm not going to talk about the Family thing tonight. Instead: Men are Weak. )
So basically this year we have two really good shows where the action is almost entirely powered by the desire of a woman to have revenge, and the fact that she has what it takes to get it.
Regina v. Emily Thorne: Place Your Bets.
arduinna’s urgings, mollyamory and I just power-chugged our way through Once Upon a Time, which it turns out is pretty damn good, and which as also left me with a lot of Thinky Thoughts. I have no idea if these thinky thoughts are just repetitions of what the fandom has already discussed to death, because I haven't been watching long enough to track down the discussion and fiction communities. But I'm gonna talk about them anyway, because Once Upon a Time has a few things to say about certain subjects, and is willing to use a mallet if necessary to get its points through. Or are they? Sometimes I wonder how much of what the writers of a show do they actually intended. I'm pretty sure they intend the abandonment themes they are writing into the show, but portraying all the men as weak or mcguffins? Not as sure.The two themes we see throuhghout the show: Men are Weak. Never Abandon Family.
(Spoilers through episode Stable Boy below.)
( I'm not going to talk about the Family thing tonight. Instead: Men are Weak. )
So basically this year we have two really good shows where the action is almost entirely powered by the desire of a woman to have revenge, and the fact that she has what it takes to get it.
Regina v. Emily Thorne: Place Your Bets.
