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Farerb wrote: Eskaver wrote: Farerb wrote: Eskaver wrote: Farerb wrote: Eskaver wrote: DarKingdomHearts wrote: I'm late to the party. But the episode was great. Zelena was really good again, she always brings a smile to my face. I want to punch Arthur in the face, Liam is a great actor. And I liked the backstory with Nimue and Melin though imo they should've taken the Morgana route instead of Nimue, but I'm not the author of this story The only thing that bothered me was the messed up timeline. Either put it in correct, or just don't show any years. Cuz the whole timeline is messed up again... I'm happy they didn't go the Morgana route because this is much more original. I mean for every King Arthur variation, 999 out of every one thoushand will have Morgana as a villain or person. Actually, Emma is kind of taking her place. Emma is hardly Morgana. She more of a.......Emma. Emma is more a Morgan than Arthur is an Arthur. I don't think so. (Although, I do find it hilariously frustrating when reviewers criticize that Arthur isn't like legedary King Arthur. It's like "Duh! That's the whole point of Once Upon A Time")

I'm sure Arthur is still more Arthur from legend than Emma is anything else. Arthur has the same name, sword name Excalibur, has knights, Camelot, knows Lancelot and Merlin. Emma is a witch.......That's about it. Not even British. Giving the character the same name is not enough. There's an essence to a character that needs to be adapted. I'm not talking about him being a villain, that's fine, I'm talking about turning him into an obssesive lunatic who doesn't care about his people, only about a sword and glory.

When they did Peter Pan evil, that was fine because you still could see the essance of Pan in the character. Here it just doesn't exist. Well, this is tricky for two reasons. One, as Esk said, part of the thing of Once is twisting the characters, so obviously some of their "essence" is going to be lost or changed. Two, and this is probably the bigger thing in King Arthur's case, he doesn't come from one definite source. Many people have had their turn at writing Arthurian Legend, and so of course, the characters in it have been inturpeted many different ways. So while you may prefer a more noble and just Arthur, it's possible that the Once writers prefer a less noble and just Arthur. And because there are so many takes on Arthur, neither one is wrong.