Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20150428200304/@comment-24950802-20150429133200

I too hope that abortion is brought up, and that Zelena aborts or miscarries at some point because Jesus Christ, I so don't want another baby on this show. Enough already. Did Aurora really need to have a baby? I guess it's their way of showing that the character's already received her happy ending, since they clearly show no interest in actually using Aurora and giving her a story anymore. And Snow is never even with her baby anymore, apparently she's always just asking other people to look after it even though she herseelf doesn't seem to be that busy.

There is also the chance that Zelena could just be lying which would ridicule the entire cliffhanger of 4.19, so I hope they don't even go there. She better be pregnant, and she better not have the baby. That is precisely what I want.

The show's lack of people of color does not bother me one bit, if anything it bothers me how much importance that is given. Ursula was given a notable recurring role this season and she was portrayed by a woman of color (as was the sea goddess in 3.06, in voice-only format), and yet someone before already pointed out the fact that Ursula was written off earlier than the other QoD's as potentially racially insensitive, which really just showcases the truth that, if people wanna find flaws in something, they will find them in anything. Ursula didn't need to be black. The Fairy Godmother didn't need to be black either. Rapunzel sure as hell didn't need to be black - she is a character widely known for having long golden hair. And yet they made them black to appease the fans of the show who complain that there aren't many people of color on it, and it's still not enough. Fairytale characters, as a general rule - or Disney characters, so, maybe blame Disney? - aren't POC. Did you know the casting call for Tamara specifically asked for a black woman? That wound up irritating me because, well, Tamara didn't need to be black either. Her skin color contributed nothing to the role, and I found it reductive that they figured, "Hey, she's not a fairytale role, let's make her black to shut people up." If they were always planning to cast a black person in the role, then it's good that they indicated that in the casting call - would've been unfair for white women to audition if they didn't stand a chance to begin with. And I can't deny the fact that, as arguably bad as Tamara was as a character, Sonequa Martin-Green was wonderful in the role - she did the best she could with a poor story. Aaaand I've sort of lost my point in all of this so let me regain it: from Wikipedia - "Racism consists of several different and often related ideologies centered around the concept of race. Modern variants are often based in social perceptions of biological differences between peoples"; basically, racism starts with a distinction between races. Stop distinguishing. Stop noticing. Make like the ice girl and let it go.