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OUAT S2 E2 We Are Both

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Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

We Are Both- Thank you so much! I really love this episode a lot. David... or more so Prince Charming... is amazing throughout, and I love how he is as unsure of himself as he was throughout season one as simply David Nolan, and even as a Prince in the Enchanted Forest, saying how Snow was the one who gave the speeches, while he did more of the fighting. Both Henry and Ruby really helped him come into his true self again, which I love. Also... David does really well with his "We are both" speech. It is beautiful, powerful, and I absolutely believe him like each of the characters do. And his relationship with Henry is absolutely adorable, as it continues to be. It is pretty clear the writers and creators know of the fans' dislike of David Nolan throughout the first season, even though I do understand why he was as he was. And I still like him as David Nolan too. However, I love Charming all the more, of course. Especially upon seeing his growth in this episode. I really love David's storyline and growth shown throughout this episode. Fantastic! :) By the way... everyone who've I've watched reacting to Once Upon a Time always seems confused by what to call Charming. Charming... for now is just Charming, since his true name has yet to be spoken, while his cursed self is still David. The only time he has a different name aside from being called Charming by Snow, is when he pretended to be his twin brother James in King George's and Rumplestiltskin's ruse for the sake of George's Kingdom when he tried to trick King Midas for his gold and wealth. For a long time, everyone knew him as James, until eventually Charming told Snow the truth about who he really was when they got together again and married. I hope this makes sense. Now, as for Regina's story in both the past and present storylines... I absolutely love them too. And I love, love, love that she is trying to find redemption, all because she loves Henry so much. It's so beautiful. :) And there are so many great parallels between them with how Regina treated Henry, like Cora treated her. And I really love the origin story for Regina becoming Rumplestiltskin's student in magic too. Cora is a real witch and a horrible mother, but I'm so happy that Regina had come around to see the person she really was. I love that Regina finally punishes her by pushing her mother into the looking glass. Seeing her push Cora through the looking glass into a land only known to us for now that its a land Rumple has no use of ever traveling to... is oh so, so satisfying. But back to my thoughts about Regina in Storybrooke... I absolutely love that Regina corrects her mistake upon hearing Henry state that he doesn't want to be just like her, which is exactly how Regina felt towards her mother too. And therefore... she allows Henry to go home with David. What a powerful character building moment for her. Seeing Regina apologize to Henry for hurting him for so long, and then telling him that she now wants to seek redemption... So beautiful, and one of my all time favorite moments for Regina that we've seen from her so far. I truly do believe that Regina loves her son very deeply. Far more so than Cora ever really loved her daughter. As for Regina's scenes with Gold, as well as David's scene with him too... very cool. I always love the two villains talking, and any confrontation with Gold. Robert Carlyle is a brilliant actor, just like so many actors in this show. And then... upon being told by Charming that they still cant cross the town line without losing memories of who they really are all over again, Gold becomes livid and smashes two of his glass cases and everything on them. He did all he's done to get Regina to cast the curse and to get Emma to break it, all so that he could find his son out there in our world somewhere. And now... he can no longer leave to do so. Of course he's livid. Brilliant! And finally... I was really happy we got a little of Emma and Mary Margaret in the end, and now they're about to come face to face with Cora. I hate that they're being treated like prisoners by Mulan and Aurora, but I kind of understand a little too. After all... as far as they know, Emma and Mary Margaret are the ones responsible for the Wraith coming into their world and killing Phillip. But I still hate seeing them in such a predicament. And now with Cora there too. Not good. In regards to about the time that's passed, and why Mulan and Aurora don't know Mary Margaret to be Snow White... First, in the previous episode... Broken, Mulan explains to Aurora that the Evil Queen's curse took most people from the Enchanted Forest aside from those who were living within the small corner of their world that remained untouched by the curse for yet an unknown reason, while they remained frozen for twenty-eight years. They didn't just not age like those in Storybrooke, but they were literally frozen in place. Also... it's most likely that Mulan and Aurora never met Snow White before the curse forever changed the Enchanted Forest. After all... Mulan is a warrior who was from China before she somehow wound up in the Enchanted Forest, and she's spoken of how she's traveled to many worlds. And Aurora... she was trapped within a sleeping curse for some time and before she was, chances are she's probably never left her castle. She's only about sixteen after all. Or she was sixteen when she was placed under the sleeping curse. Her parents most likely kept her well protected and therefore she didn't venture much out into the world. I hope this makes sense. I'm not positive, because why they don't know Snow White isn't ever explained, but these are just theories. Oh... and I also feel so badly for Marco/Geppetto and August. So sad. I would have loved to have seen them reunite in this episode. Thankfully, August has woken up and can move again, but sadly... he's still made of wood like when he was a little boy. And unfortunately, August is still ashamed of being a man now made of wood, given that him being so means he failed his father and strayed from being selfless, brave, and true like Blue warned him not to do. Is this why he's no longer in the room when Geppetto enters to find him? We'll see. And as for those who leave Storybrooke becoming their cursed selves all over again upon crossing the town line... the curse is definitely broken thanks to Emma. However, fairytales aren't real out within the outside world and therefore... they can't exist as their true selves in the outside world. This is why anyone who crosses the town line becomes reverted back into their cursed selves. There is a protection spell keeping magic and all fairytales within their small town to keep them all protected from the outside world, and vice versa. I hope this explanation helps. Overall... this is a really good episode with many emotional moments. I love it! Thank you so much again, Jessie! I look forward to your coming reactions. It's getting so exciting!!!! Until next time... Sincerely, Heidi

CarlyCChapman

Notice the moment of realization on Regina's face when Henry says he doesn't want to be like her. She remembered she said the exact same thing to HER mother, and look where she is now. I think that was the trigger or switch to be like, "I need to better myself"