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Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

Tiny- Thank you so much for another great reaction, Jay! I really love this episode! I love Tiny as a character a lot because he's so sweet and this poor giant is just so wanting to believe that not all humans are evil like his brothers claimed them all to be. I love his love and fascination for all humans. It's an interesting take on the giants from the fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk, especially with this twist on Jack from the legends of Jack the Giant Slayer, who this Jack within this episode is. I love that Jack, short for Jaqueline, is a woman, and not a boy named Jack like we would expect, given that Jack has always been a boy or man. And I definitely would have liked to learn more about her character too. She is very interesting. First, regarding how long Regina has been a mother to Henry... Regina has told Emma that she adopted him when he was just a baby, and she's spoken with Gold about this too. In season two's second episode, titled... The Thing You Love Most, it's revealed that Gold procured Henry for her when he was a baby. And now... Henry is ten years old. Maybe eleven by this point. So, Regina has been his adopted mother for ten years. Was Mary Margaret's comment towards Regina about Emma not needing to run anything by her a bit harsh... Yes. I think so. And yes... They are all now trying to work things out and work together on how to raise Henry with two mothers in his life, so that he can be involved with both of them. However, ever since the fiasco with everyone believing Regina killed Archie and everyone accusing her of doing so, Regina has been hiding for a few days now. Certainly long enough for the Charmings to be worried about Regina plotting against them, which also means that Emma deserves sole custody of Henry because Regina is now reverting back into her evil self. And this would be a very bad environment for Henry to be raised in. Mary Margaret also does mention that she and David have been trying to find her and contact her for these last few days too, and have been unsuccessful. So, they wouldn't have been able to tell Regina about Henry going out of town with Emma anyways if they wanted to. Now... I love how in the end, Grumpy and the rest of the dwarfs happily welcome Tiny to Storybrooke and made him one of their brothers. I love how he is given a dwarfs ax from the dwarfs, that gives him the name that his brothers used to call him, officially making him one of the dwarfs. I think by them officially calling Tiny one of their own, is what allows the magic within the dwarfs' pickaxes to see him as one of them too. Now... Tiny has a family again and I absolutely love it! :) Next... I too really love the ending moment between Mary Margaret and David as they're being so cute with one another while talking about having fun that day. And I absolutely understand both of their points of view about whether or not they should return to the Enchanted Forest or remain in Storybrooke. I agree that David's mention of Emma and how she'll be fine without them should they leave and Emma refuse to go back with them, is strange and off putting. However, I don't think that he meant this the way it might have sounded. I suspect that David would be perfectly happy living in Storybrooke if this is what everyone decides they all want to do. But because he's heard the dwarfs and pretty much everyone else say that they feel as he does about wanting to return to the Enchanted Forest... David just wants what is best for his people. He wants to be with everyone and not separated. And if everyone were to choose to return to the Enchanted Forest, he believes that as their kingdom's Prince, or rather King now with Snow being Princess and Queen, it would be their duty to return with them. What I am trying to say, is that I believe Charming is only saying that should they return to the Enchanted Forest with their people, he believes that Emma will be fine without them if she were to refuse to join them. There's no way that he wants to leave his daughter no more than Mary Margaret does. He just believes in Emma's strength to take care of herself should they have to leave her behind again, to once again do what is best for their people and their kingdom. I hope all of this makes sense. As for Anton's (Tiny) backstory... I really love seeing how it came about that he is all alone as we saw from this season's sixth episode, titled... Tallahassee, when Emma and Hook enter the giants' castle. We already knew what came of Jack from Tallahassee upon seeing her bones lying beside her poisoned sword that had killed the rest of the giants, and we knew that the giants were all dead aside from Anton. However, I love that we are able to see this all come about and to see how Jack died. Even though this big battle wasn't done as well as it could have been, had the show been given a larger budget for them to hire other actors to play the rest of the humans we learned fought in this battle against the other giants who are all killed off screen. However, I love the overall storyline and learning what really comes of the giants and why Tiny really hates all humans so much. I really love the actor who plays Tiny too. Jorge Garcia. I've seen him in a number of shows, and movies too. I know him best from the remake of the TV series... Hawaii Five-0. He's adorable in that show as well. Also... I love that James is a part of this story. I have always wanted to learn more about David's twin, ever since he had first been introduced back in season one's episode, titled... The Shepherd. It's great to see more with David's twin brother again, and to see just how smug and a douche he is, setting him well apart from David. James was absolutely a jerk! I also really enjoy the tragic storyline with James and Jack together, and that they sadly play on Anton's love for humans and their artifacts in order to attack and kill all the giants, but one, and for their treasure. Anton stopped him from getting their magic beans by destroying them all and salting the fields, but James still escaped with lots of gold, and cruelly leaves Jack behind to die. What a jerk! But as tragic as Anton's story is, I love his and James' storyline, and seeing King George too once again. Also... I love that the reveal of Anton being asked to destroy all the magic beans and their fields by salting the grounds, explains why magic beans in their world are now non existent like the Blue Fairy reveals to both Baelfire and to Rumplestiltskin back in season one's episode, titled... The Return. And as been mentioned on and off throughout other episodes as well. I really love how David is willing to turn himself over to Anton in order to protect the lives of everyone else in Storybrooke, then how he saves Anton's life with Mary Margaret's, Granny's, Red's, Grumpy's, and the rest of the dwarfs' help. This helps Anton to see that David is not James, and that once again, not all humans are evil. Oh... I absolutely love the brief moment where David and Grumpy are arguing about David's name being David, James, and Charming at different points in his life while they were running from Anton. So funny. And yes... David's true name and cursed name have both always been David, given that his false memories came to him and affected him differently when the curse fell over them, since he was unconscious at the time the curse took them from their land and brought them to Storybrooke. Therefore, his false memories didn't have the proper time to effect David by distorting his true memories enough like it did with everyone else. I hope all of this makes sense to you. Charming was the nickname Snow gave him, and David pretended to be James back when he and Snow first met because he was forced to be so once the real James died, so long as King George was under and alliance with King Midas from their neighboring kingdom. Finally, it's clear that his real name really is just David, just as he was when he was cursed. I suspect that this is also because the curse didn't affect David right away like it did everyone else, and therefore it didn't change his name. What a brilliant and hilarious reveal. :) Next... I really love the scenes with Hook and the heroes aboard the Jolly Roger, as well as his scene with Regina. Hook is definitely always great no matter which other characters he deals with at any point in the show. I love how smug he is and how he continues to flirt with Mary Margaret much to David's frustration, like he flirts with any woman around. Hook loves to irritate and to push people to their limits to no end. It's a despicable trait for men when they do so, believing fully that women like their crude behavior. However, Hook doesn't do it because he thinks and acts like they do, or in believing his flirtations work on Mary Margaret, Emma, or any other woman. He does so simply to irritate Charming, as well as the rest of the heroes. Simply for the fun of it. That's what sets him apart from the other men who act this way. As for Regina suddenly becoming all evil again, and the heroes' treatment of her... I feel that this overall storyline between Regina, her mother, Henry, and the heroes, from this episode and onward, most definitely could have been done differently and in a better way. In all honesty... I find it more annoying than the things I do really like or love from what's to come. I really don't like that Regina is so suddenly evil again and on her mother's side, even though I can understand it to some degree. In this second half of the season, it just feels to me like the creators and writers have seemed to forget how to write Regina's character, or that they didn't really know what to do with her. And it is a little frustrating at times. But with all of this being said... I also get the idea of the storyline like it is in the show and while I don't care much for Cora myself, I still like this overall storyline as well because of some of what's to come. And lastly... I enjoy the storyline between Gold, Emma, and Henry a lot too. I love how Gold is deeply vulnerable outside of Storybrooke, now that he has no magic and is completely out of his comfort zone. It is definitely a different side of him and Robert Carlyle plays this role so well. I also like how Emma is there to help Gold too. And in regards to Gold having to remove the shawl, and becoming effected by being outside of their world without it... Magic doesn't exist outside of Storybrooke. Which is why Gold is so shaken and powerless. And it's why Belle and anyone who crosses the town line loses all memory of who they are. However, I believe that because Emma is the Savior and she was born of True Love, it has allowed for her to emulate her power and strength into him enough to help him long enough through the security checkpoint, as she holds onto him as much as she was able to. This is why Gold didn't lose his memories all the way like Belle and Sneezy did. Had Emma not been there, Gold would have lost his memories like the others. Regarding his cursed memories... It was established throughout season one and earlier this season too, that Gold had been cursed up until Emma arrives in Storybrooke for the first time. Until the moment Emma introduces herself to Granny upon asking her for a room at her Bed and Breakfast, when Gold had walked in and heard her say her name. Emma's name was the magic trigger Rumple was waiting for to be woken up. And as for why Gold seems so upset and uptight to the point of anger... It's because he's never been in the outside world, outside of Storybrooke, so everything is new to him, and he's extremely nervous. And he's now without magic, which as we know, Gold has used it like his life depends on it, which in a way it does. So being without magic again makes him feel incredibly uneasy. Like Gold told Belle back in this season's episode... The Crocodile, Gold has come to depend on magic, as it has become a crutch to him that he can't let go of. So, for him, being now without magic... Gold is terrified, and he hates it. And on top of all this... Like we see back in season one's episode... The Return, when he believed August to be his son, we saw just how afraid Gold is to see his son again. Gold has no idea how Baelfire will react to seeing him again. So, he's as much afraid to actually find him again, as he is longing to do so. And Henry is so sweet to want to help him. Oh... And I also love how Emma demands that Henry come along with them in the beginning too. Gold may be more powerful than her, but she's not too afraid to stand up to him. And I also really love David's plea for him to protect his daughter and grandson as well. And in regards to your confusion over who Baelfire really is in our world... It has not yet been revealed who Balefire really is. The man we see in the very beginning scene of this season's premiere, and whom we get to know more about in Tallahassee, has only been revealed to be Emma's ex and Henry's father. That's all. Overall... I enjoy this episode very much, and I loved your reaction for it! I love Tiny. Now... I'm excited for the next episode!! Thank you so much again, Jay! Until next time... Sincerely, Heidi