Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160418005754/@comment-25361971-20160418092824

I feel mixed about this episode. On the one hand, I found it kind of slow in terms of plot and rushed with romance but on the other hand, It was great for character development for Ruby, Zelena, Belle and maybe even snowing.

I want to talk about the LGBT relationship. I am a member of the community and I kind of wanted a LGBT character for a while. However, I don't think they did it justice. Don't get me wrong, I loved that they did it anyway and I actually didn't think they would kiss after last time with the pronoun game. But it just felt so rushed. This kind of storyline needs to be done with either main cast members and/or guest stars that are in multiple episodes with no gaps. That way you can build it up, see it develop rather than have Dorothy suddenly love Ruby out of nowhere. I also don't like that this ship is going to be forgotten really fast and never mentioned again. So rather than characters, they are tokens to be shoved aside for reasons. Mulan also got the short end of the stick AGAIN. Why is she always getting her storyline delayed constantly? Will she ever find love for herself? I thought it was well thought out character wise but it just felt too rushed and underdeveloped.

Liked
 * Cruella is amazing as always. "ta, ta darlings"
 * Belle actually having a back bone and inflicted herself with a sleeping curse. Didn't see that coming. Don't know how she is planning on getting her father to the underworld but whatever.
 * I'm actually think I'm going to start liking Snowing again. I don't know just I feel like they are being themselves again.

Disliked
 * Mulan's sexuality being brushed under rug again.
 * poor auntie Em. Gaston and Milah may have done terrible things when they were alive but Em did not deserve eternity of torture.
 * what happened to sleeping curses only effective when self-afflicted? Do they not know their own rules?

So it was a good episode. Like I said, I wished they developed the LGBT romance better (but the homophobes wouldn't be happy either way, but who cares) but I liked that they had one anyway.