Once Upon a Time 4x18 Thoughts
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Eh.
+ Zelena as Marian... okay. On one hand it's nice to see Zelena again. She felt unfinished. But on the other the fact that she's been masquerading as Marian this entire time - eh. There was absolutely no hint of that and if this had been planned from the beginning there should have been. Zelena never knew Marian so how did she pretend to be her so well? It also feels like an easy way out for the whole triangle. And it's massively unfair to Marian as a character who shows in the flashbacks she's actually pretty cool. But switching back to the first hand I like the idea that the reason why Robin was never really that torn between Regina and Marian is because subconsciously he knew it wasn't Marian.
I also have a problem with Zelena impersonating Marian (so flawlessly!) for so long. Sure, her using it as a means to steal Regina's new true love away works with her characterisation. I can buy her doing that. I don't know that I can buy her not getting bored enough to start interfering in things after a couple weeks. I definitely can't buy her living in New York for months playing wife and mother.
+ "You made me a monster. But I won't let you do the same to Emma." - Regina. ♥ I love Regina being protective of Emma. Even though her putting all the blame on Rumple made me sigh a little. It's classic Regina but I think the blame can be spend around a little to say Cora and Regina herself even though Rumple did play a large part in her downward spiral.
+ I really, really hope that Rumple's whole quest for his happy ending involves resurrecting Neal or even young Baelfire to start again with or I'm going to be so annoyed. Is he actually working with Zelena or is she compelling him some way? It's not clear to me. A binding agreement in order to get the potion?
+ Are we supposed to assume that a mirror always shows Zelena's true appearance? Because you'd think someone would have noticed that.
+ That last Robin/Marian flashback scene actually had me kind of shipping them. They were really sweet. I also just really like Marian. I loved this: "I can speak for myself. I'll never be with you."
Eh.
+ Zelena as Marian... okay. On one hand it's nice to see Zelena again. She felt unfinished. But on the other the fact that she's been masquerading as Marian this entire time - eh. There was absolutely no hint of that and if this had been planned from the beginning there should have been. Zelena never knew Marian so how did she pretend to be her so well? It also feels like an easy way out for the whole triangle. And it's massively unfair to Marian as a character who shows in the flashbacks she's actually pretty cool. But switching back to the first hand I like the idea that the reason why Robin was never really that torn between Regina and Marian is because subconsciously he knew it wasn't Marian.
I also have a problem with Zelena impersonating Marian (so flawlessly!) for so long. Sure, her using it as a means to steal Regina's new true love away works with her characterisation. I can buy her doing that. I don't know that I can buy her not getting bored enough to start interfering in things after a couple weeks. I definitely can't buy her living in New York for months playing wife and mother.
+ "You made me a monster. But I won't let you do the same to Emma." - Regina. ♥ I love Regina being protective of Emma. Even though her putting all the blame on Rumple made me sigh a little. It's classic Regina but I think the blame can be spend around a little to say Cora and Regina herself even though Rumple did play a large part in her downward spiral.
+ I really, really hope that Rumple's whole quest for his happy ending involves resurrecting Neal or even young Baelfire to start again with or I'm going to be so annoyed. Is he actually working with Zelena or is she compelling him some way? It's not clear to me. A binding agreement in order to get the potion?
+ Are we supposed to assume that a mirror always shows Zelena's true appearance? Because you'd think someone would have noticed that.
+ That last Robin/Marian flashback scene actually had me kind of shipping them. They were really sweet. I also just really like Marian. I loved this: "I can speak for myself. I'll never be with you."
