#21 is Becoming Human, the second part of my four-part OUAT series where I deal with all my ISSUES with Belle and Rumpelstiltskin, and in fact I think this one is the best-written of the four (though Gold seems awfully woobie without having read the first part).
1. I really like the setup of the friendship between Gold and Henry. I think there was a lot of filial chemistry in the scenes Gold and Henry had in first season -- I know second season blah blah, but I really feel like that relationship could have been played up a bit more before OMG SEKRET FAMILY RELATIONSHIP WE ALL GUESSED BEFOREHAND ANYWAY.
2. I like the addressing of the whole thing about Mary Margaret/David and the way the whole town goes after MM (and not David, even though that would make way more sense). Because one way of looking at it is that it’s horribly sexist, and the other way is that it’s clearly the way the curse ought to work, but the show never specifically talked about it. (Okay, also I like that Gold bought a candle from her, because I think that’s hilarious.)
3. I like that the line after “True love used to follow that ring” (Snow’s ring, of course) shows Belle following Gold.
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Date: 2013-05-22 05:10 am (UTC)1. I really like the setup of the friendship between Gold and Henry. I think there was a lot of filial chemistry in the scenes Gold and Henry had in first season -- I know second season blah blah, but I really feel like that relationship could have been played up a bit more before OMG SEKRET FAMILY RELATIONSHIP WE ALL GUESSED BEFOREHAND ANYWAY.
2. I like the addressing of the whole thing about Mary Margaret/David and the way the whole town goes after MM (and not David, even though that would make way more sense). Because one way of looking at it is that it’s horribly sexist, and the other way is that it’s clearly the way the curse ought to work, but the show never specifically talked about it. (Okay, also I like that Gold bought a candle from her, because I think that’s hilarious.)
3. I like that the line after “True love used to follow that ring” (Snow’s ring, of course) shows Belle following Gold.