Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25703308-20150427001401/@comment-25926288-20150428174309

Agree with above!

I think the writers think we are stupid at times, lol. I warn you when binge-watching seasons you'll hear "emotions clouded my judgement" or something similar, Rumple saying cleave, Rumple saying stars align (Three times in the finale, I think), things said that don't come to fruition (aka Rumple's plan in 4b premiere, Pan's plan for Henry changed rapidly, etc.).

The writers left it ambiguous (or they just don't read the previous episode) and then they create more ambiguity. I'm certain in the previous episode it was ambigious if Regina took Belle's heart and stuff, but the press release from last week, which was quickly taken down and corrected, was that Regina"stole" Belle's heart. So, I say it's safe to say that Belle was not in agreement with taking her heart and using it as leverage over Rumple.

I also think the narrative is always screwed recently. We finally meet the author and then an episode almost completely without him. Then, we see last week, an episode about the Author and the ink. Then, this episode, they don't get the ink. Now, that's a focal point of next week's episode. What is this? Pick a plot point out of a hat and see what they should do?

As seen in this episode, characters seem to fit whatever the plot needs them to be at the moment. Oh my, Snow and David after three weeks decide "Oh, crap, we need to apologize to Maleficent...not that we ever saw her...oh, yeah we did!" Rumple is being Rumple as always. Mal learns that Rumple has his own interests at heart after Cruella dies...um, she's the one that said Cruella and Ursula are expendable to Rumple. What the shiny silver dragon's egg! Does that mean Regina's whole undercover operation was pointless....um yeah! Emma is having her time of the month and every one thinks it's THE DARKNESS. Emma pulls a gun to Pan, almost slits a Lost Boy's throat, etc and they think it's this unforeseen darkness that shouldn't be possible!

They switch words around like they are clever. First, Appreny says "I put the darkness from Emma into Lillth". Ok, that means Emma has the potential for dark still, which means he did effectively nothing. Complain we do! Two to three episodes later, Appreny says "I put the potential for darkness that Emma has into Lilith." That means that he put the greatest potential for darkness into Lilith, right? Yeah! So, why does the first episode say that Emma has the greatest, when she shouldn't be capable of it? Lilith compares how her horrible life is because of darkness, but Emma pretty much had an almost equally horrible life. What are they saying? Nothing! What they are doing is tossing around character moments, cheap twists, and flowery language to get to the plot/action/ contrived conflict.

If Emma pretty much forgivs her parents for her terrible life, I can't see how this small, irrelevant issue would not be forgiven. You left me and made be feel lost and alone vs You stole a baby! I wonder which is more emotionally impactful.