Originally Posted By seafairy1622 I have been watching the reruns. Can't wait till the new season starts!
Originally Posted By magic0214 Sunday is going to be an awesome ABC night for me. Once at 8, Revenge (my favorite!) at 9, and I am really looking forward to 666 Park Avenue at 10!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Just watched the whole season of Once Upon a Time on Netflix. I really liked it!!! Can't wait for the second season!
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I also wasn't anticipating that a remote corner of FairyTale world was left untouched by the curse. I guess that will open up all kinds of crazy things. And Mulan? That was...random.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Brit and I decided to start watching (we never did!) on Netflix this weekend. We've watched the first four episodes so far, and are trying to get caught up. So far, so good!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I thought the recap hour was well done. I tend to forget things season to season and I was glad they did the recap rather than just reshow the season finale. I knew Mulan was anticipated to show up this season but I agree it was pretty random. Other than that I thought the opener was a good set up for things to come
Originally Posted By chickapin Thoughts on the corner of Fairy Tale land that was untouched?? A friend believes that it is Never Never Land and I think that is a good guess. It would certainly open the door for Capt. Hook!
Originally Posted By utahjosh I think i'll quit watching. Putting Mulan into "Fairy-tale late" is just not consistent. Will we see Pocahontas, Hercules, and Quasimodo next?
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "Thoughts on the corner of Fairy Tale land that was untouched?? A friend believes that it is Never Never Land and I think that is a good guess. It would certainly open the door for Capt. Hook!" I think you're right. Didn't Mulan even say it was Never Land at one point? Also, the promos with Hook make me think that too. Oh, and the guy at the beginning who got the postcard. People are guessing the White Rabbit, but I think he's the March Hare instead. It would make him the Mad Hatter's/Jefferson's friend, and maybe he's sending for backup?
Originally Posted By u k fan In response to Josh, I've read that the writers want to explore other fictional worlds, but that fairy tales are the obvious place to start as they're the stories we hear first as kids. The precedent has been set already by including Wonderland and to a lesser extent having characters like King Midas!!!
Originally Posted By chickapin Fun to speculate, but I don't think my predictions are going to turn out so well! I have been pretty convinced that Cora was the Queen of Hearts, but last night made me question that. (Unless the untouched corner was Wonderland--but the little glimpse we got didn't make that seem likely.)
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Alice in Wonderland fits because it's always been a fairytale. King Midas is more like Greek Mythology but it sure fits better than Mulan. Mulan, from what I've read, may have actually been a real person.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I have a question about Cora. It was a surprise to see her, but then maybe not, after we saw the flashback. Anyway...shouldn't Snow recognize her? Maybe she will given time, since she only just stepped out of the shadows to introduce herself. But, something should set Snow off. Although, she didn't really know Cora was the evil one, so maybe she will still be fooled by her?
Originally Posted By u k fan <<<Alice in Wonderland fits because it's always been a fairytale. King Midas is more like Greek Mythology but it sure fits better than Mulan. Mulan, from what I've read, may have actually been a real person.>>> The same could be said about Robin Hood and King Arthur and I'm sure I read we'll see Lancelot this season!!!
Originally Posted By skinnerbox We saw Lancelot at the end of the show, during the previews of next week's show. He's a strikingly handsome black dude played by Sinqua Walls. *hubba hubba*
Originally Posted By lesmisfan I thought cora was the queen of hearts as well, would have made sense seeing that regina stole her father away from the queen of hearts and also she pushed her other through a looking glass. I still think she is but not sure. and snow white was still unconscience when cora came out of the shadows.
Originally Posted By u k fan skinnerbox, I'm in the UK so I haven't seen any of season 2 yet. It doesn't air until January over here, but the internets may just fix that!!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm not really sure how Cora is supposed to be, but I think it's interesting that Regina got rid of both of her parents. Most fairy tales deal with children who are missing at least one parent, but it's seldom their own choice. Regina sent her mother away in the mirror (foreshadowing of her future use of mirrors?) and killed her father, which I guess ultimately caused her turn to evil. I'm also not sure if we were supposed to believe her little speech to Henry; it was nice sentiment, but she's not the most trustworthy character at this point. I think it's interesting how they're trying to combine the real world/fairy tale world backgrounds into a single character. There were definitely some awkwardly-worded portions related to keeping both identities, but I understand what they were going for. Any thoughts on where Mr. Gold had intended to travel to? The map was for Massachusetts, so maybe he was trying to find that mystery fellow who was at the beginning of the season premiere (though he appeared to be in NYC, based on the subway signs). Wherever it was, he clearly had some grand plan to do
