Once Upon a Time 4x03 Thoughts
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• I'm so, so intrigued by the way Snow Queen said 'Emma'. It wasn't just that she knows Emma but the sheer emotion in her voice when she said Emma's name. She was shocked to see her and sounded... idk, like seeing someone you loved and thought was dead alive in front of you again. That's what it sounded like. Certainly there was more emotion in that one word then she showed at any other time in the episode including with her niece.
- How the hell does Emma know her and apparently knows her very well at that? Time travel again? Could the Snow Queen have spent time on non-magical earth and know Emma from when she was younger? Could the Snow Queen know Emma from her future (like, Emma's future and SQ's past is when they met via magic. We know different realms can work on different timescales.) Or considering how insane this show can be and how they love their messed up families - the Snow Queen is Emma's daughter from a future time? Somehow? idk. I wouldn't put it past them. They've got me interested.
- Also why did the Snow Queen react that way to seeing Emma, as if this is the first time she's seen her since... whenever the last time they mysteriously met, when Emma has been running around the town all along. Wouldn't she have at least seen Emma before this? She had to know she was around.
• I'm really loving the parallels and connections between Emma and Elsa, and the Snow Queen. I love the immediate friendship Emma and Elsa have stuck up. I was really expecting after the first episode to be getting a Regina/Elsa connection but at this point they've barely shared one scene. I'm not really complaining though because having laid things out Emma/Elsa does make much more sense. I hope the show explores it more.
• I love Elizabeth Mitchell as the Snow Queen. I hope she sticks around. I feel like that while she clearly has some plot going on and is an antagonist she's going to have a sympathetic story. Her surety that 'normal' people will always fear and turn against those with magic indicate that's happened to her (was it her sister who trapped her in the vase?). I feel like Emma, who she knows and who has magic and who is accepted, might end up defeating her in the end by helping her.
• "I was written as a villain." - Regina and "We have change the book because it's wrong about you." - Henry ... uh, no. Regina was a villain. Because she did villainous things. Like murdering people. Lots of people. Often for no good reason. And lots of other horrible things too. She was a villain because of her choices. This feels way too much like Regina once again trying to excuse her own actions and lay the blame elsewhere now with Henry enabling that line of thought. I'm not loving this but we'll see where it goes.
• Hook trying to explain his cell phone to Elsa and then admitting that he has no idea how it works was funny.
• "Well you've succeeded. Hideously." - Regina. I loved Regina getting distracted from the urgent life-threatening situation by Snow redecorating her office. Heh.
• More nice Charming/Emma scenes but after two episodes in a row it's just highlighting how little interaction Emma and Snow have had this season. I miss them.
• I liked the Elsa/Kristoff scenes. They're actually kind of adorable.
• Emma's reason for freezing out Hook makes complete sense. She was commitment-phobic before the show even began so of course after losing Graham, Neal and even Walsh a romantic relationship would make her uncertain. I like the show addressing it.
• The Knave leading Emma and Charming to the ice cream shop was a little too convenient. It was nice to see Will again.
• I'm so, so intrigued by the way Snow Queen said 'Emma'. It wasn't just that she knows Emma but the sheer emotion in her voice when she said Emma's name. She was shocked to see her and sounded... idk, like seeing someone you loved and thought was dead alive in front of you again. That's what it sounded like. Certainly there was more emotion in that one word then she showed at any other time in the episode including with her niece.
- How the hell does Emma know her and apparently knows her very well at that? Time travel again? Could the Snow Queen have spent time on non-magical earth and know Emma from when she was younger? Could the Snow Queen know Emma from her future (like, Emma's future and SQ's past is when they met via magic. We know different realms can work on different timescales.) Or considering how insane this show can be and how they love their messed up families - the Snow Queen is Emma's daughter from a future time? Somehow? idk. I wouldn't put it past them. They've got me interested.
- Also why did the Snow Queen react that way to seeing Emma, as if this is the first time she's seen her since... whenever the last time they mysteriously met, when Emma has been running around the town all along. Wouldn't she have at least seen Emma before this? She had to know she was around.
• I'm really loving the parallels and connections between Emma and Elsa, and the Snow Queen. I love the immediate friendship Emma and Elsa have stuck up. I was really expecting after the first episode to be getting a Regina/Elsa connection but at this point they've barely shared one scene. I'm not really complaining though because having laid things out Emma/Elsa does make much more sense. I hope the show explores it more.
• I love Elizabeth Mitchell as the Snow Queen. I hope she sticks around. I feel like that while she clearly has some plot going on and is an antagonist she's going to have a sympathetic story. Her surety that 'normal' people will always fear and turn against those with magic indicate that's happened to her (was it her sister who trapped her in the vase?). I feel like Emma, who she knows and who has magic and who is accepted, might end up defeating her in the end by helping her.
• "I was written as a villain." - Regina and "We have change the book because it's wrong about you." - Henry ... uh, no. Regina was a villain. Because she did villainous things. Like murdering people. Lots of people. Often for no good reason. And lots of other horrible things too. She was a villain because of her choices. This feels way too much like Regina once again trying to excuse her own actions and lay the blame elsewhere now with Henry enabling that line of thought. I'm not loving this but we'll see where it goes.
• Hook trying to explain his cell phone to Elsa and then admitting that he has no idea how it works was funny.
• "Well you've succeeded. Hideously." - Regina. I loved Regina getting distracted from the urgent life-threatening situation by Snow redecorating her office. Heh.
• More nice Charming/Emma scenes but after two episodes in a row it's just highlighting how little interaction Emma and Snow have had this season. I miss them.
• I liked the Elsa/Kristoff scenes. They're actually kind of adorable.
• Emma's reason for freezing out Hook makes complete sense. She was commitment-phobic before the show even began so of course after losing Graham, Neal and even Walsh a romantic relationship would make her uncertain. I like the show addressing it.
• The Knave leading Emma and Charming to the ice cream shop was a little too convenient. It was nice to see Will again.
