Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171216015812/@comment-25375217-20171216044713

I MANAGED TO CALL TWO PLOT POINTS AND I'M SO HAPPY

A) Henry was poisoned and the Land Without Magic keeps the poison from working, but once the curse breaks, he'll die

B) Regina was forced to cast the curse as "The Eighth Witch" to save Henry's life

I'd put a sunglasses emoticon here, but I already used B) in my list style, so it would look weird. Just uh, pretend I'm wearing sunglasses.

That said... I actually didn't like this episode very much. And I feel terrible! Because I'm such a huge supporter of this season! But... I'm not liking the idea of this weird cult arc. And Robin/Alice feels just as forced for "diversity" as Ruby/Dorothy did. Since they're getting more episodes of focus, I'm hoping they'll fix that, but I'm pretty disappointed with it right now. That said, I'm not losing hope -- stop looking at me like that, Snow -- and I look forward to seeing it being better than I expect.

Now that that is said, there were some things I did like. Kelly was cool, though I wish we saw more of her. Zelena's reaction to Kelly was hilarious. Anastasia is sweet and pure and innocent and must be protected. Gothel is terrifying and villainous and cruel and must be defeated. Drizella is moving towards a redemption arc. Despite my doubts about the Coven itself, I'm excited to meet its members. And despite my doubts about her romance, I like Robin so far. I just hope she doesn't lose all characterization just to be Alice's girlfriend (same goes for Alice, though I have higher hopes for her since she's the only thing making Hook relevant). It was sweet, if a bit morally questionable (considering he didn't tell Alice about it first, although I do see why an 8-year-old girl is a priority), how Hook sacrificed himself and Alice for Cindy and Lucy. And I liked seeing Tiger Lily again -- although she did basically nothing, hopefully this is set-up for her to be more involved in 7B since we saw her get taken by the curse (I think? I definitely saw a reddish-orange garment standing nearby Tiana and Lucy but it didn't quite register until she was off screen and I didn't feel like rewinding to confirm.)