OUAT Season 2 - Thoughts so far
Oct. 26th, 2012 08:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rainwatersparkI have a love/dislike relationship with this show. Episodes from season 1 ranged from TOTALLY AWESOME to Meh. So far, in Season 2, there haven't been any awesome episodes on the order of Season 1's "What Happened to Frederick" or "Hat Trick" yet, but we're still pretty early on.
I think Ep. 2x02 has been my favorite so far, because it really added a layer of nuance to Regina's character that I appreciated. I disliked the episode about her backstory in Season 1 (o course she turned evil because of True Love), but 2x02 complicated the picture and centered her Start of Darkness more around her relationship with her mother. I love the exploration of twisted family relationships and realizing you've become the person you hated.
Speaking of which, the theme so far in Season 2 really seems to be about mother-daughter relationships, what with Mary Margaret/Snow and Emma finally getting some quality time together. If there's one thing OUAT does pretty well on a fairly consistent basis, it's portraying positive, empowered female characters.
Season 2 has run into a few problems, however.
1. While it's great that Season 2 is diversifying in terms of cast, I'm really not liking what they did with Mulan and Lancelot. When I first heard that Mulan was appearing in Season 2, I could hardly contain my glee...and then I was very disappointed when she was inserted into Aurora/Philip's story and portrayed as a mean, emotionless warrior. Why can't she star in her own story instead of becoming a sidekickand possibly the third wheel in a love triangle? Why is she so mean?
And Lancelot...*sob sob*.
I had such high hopes. He seemed like an awesome character with so much potential. And then we learn that he was DEAD ALL ALONG. THANKS, OUAT.
2. Remember how the Mary Margaret/David relationship difficulties became the romantic plot tumor that wouldn't get resolved in Season 1? I think Rumpelstiltskin/Belle's relationship has become the new romantic tumor in Season 2.
3. Ep. 3 "The Lady of the Lake" made me rather uncomfortable. Why is not being able to bear children seen as SO terrible? It's so horrible, it's worth sacrificing someone's life in order to restore fertility? This, combined with the subtext in Season 1 about how birth parents are better than adoptive parents, is somewhat unpleasant.
4. Ep. 4 "The Crocodile": I am now getting heartily sick about how having one's True Love killed makes one evil. On the other hand, Killian Jones/Hook is, admittedly, pretty smokin'.
So those are my thoughts about OUAT Season 2 so far. I'm looking forward to seeing who Dr. Whale is, who Henry's father is, and I really want to see Kathryn/Abigail reunite with Frederick. (Also, more Jefferson/Alice in Wonderland, please?)
I think Ep. 2x02 has been my favorite so far, because it really added a layer of nuance to Regina's character that I appreciated. I disliked the episode about her backstory in Season 1 (o course she turned evil because of True Love), but 2x02 complicated the picture and centered her Start of Darkness more around her relationship with her mother. I love the exploration of twisted family relationships and realizing you've become the person you hated.
Speaking of which, the theme so far in Season 2 really seems to be about mother-daughter relationships, what with Mary Margaret/Snow and Emma finally getting some quality time together. If there's one thing OUAT does pretty well on a fairly consistent basis, it's portraying positive, empowered female characters.
Season 2 has run into a few problems, however.
1. While it's great that Season 2 is diversifying in terms of cast, I'm really not liking what they did with Mulan and Lancelot. When I first heard that Mulan was appearing in Season 2, I could hardly contain my glee...and then I was very disappointed when she was inserted into Aurora/Philip's story and portrayed as a mean, emotionless warrior. Why can't she star in her own story instead of becoming a sidekick
And Lancelot...*sob sob*.
I had such high hopes. He seemed like an awesome character with so much potential. And then we learn that he was DEAD ALL ALONG. THANKS, OUAT.
2. Remember how the Mary Margaret/David relationship difficulties became the romantic plot tumor that wouldn't get resolved in Season 1? I think Rumpelstiltskin/Belle's relationship has become the new romantic tumor in Season 2.
3. Ep. 3 "The Lady of the Lake" made me rather uncomfortable. Why is not being able to bear children seen as SO terrible? It's so horrible, it's worth sacrificing someone's life in order to restore fertility? This, combined with the subtext in Season 1 about how birth parents are better than adoptive parents, is somewhat unpleasant.
4. Ep. 4 "The Crocodile": I am now getting heartily sick about how having one's True Love killed makes one evil. On the other hand, Killian Jones/Hook is, admittedly, pretty smokin'.
So those are my thoughts about OUAT Season 2 so far. I'm looking forward to seeing who Dr. Whale is, who Henry's father is, and I really want to see Kathryn/Abigail reunite with Frederick. (Also, more Jefferson/Alice in Wonderland, please?)
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Date: 2012-11-06 05:16 pm (UTC)my obsession with those two is plain ridiculous, and I ship it so hard I'm going to be really upset if alice isn't grace's mum (or doesn't appear at all in the show). I kinda hope alice is in our non magical land (that could make sense). If they do bring alice in, I just don't want them to mess up...