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These are just some of my favourite ways they "shook up" the stories:

-(please don't hate me for this) I thought season 4-6a/Skin Deep RumBelle was an interesting twist on BatB, what happens when the beast is actually a monster? What if there is no man behind the beast? Could have been a great story to follow through on and I'm disappointed they didn't.

-I like Snow and Charming's story.

-Obviously, I love the twist they did on Captain Hook, keeping faithful to Barrie's Hook to some extent but giving him a lot more depth and complexity. And Peter Pan in general, making Pan the bad guy and Hook, not quite a hero at that point but on Team Good Guy. And this is in no small part due to Robbie Kay's amazing acting as Pan. Seriously, chills. I stand by my opinion that is one of the best stories they have done.

-Although, I do agree that it would have been cool to have Milah as Hook. Or just a female Captain Hook, much as I love Colin. I mean can you imagine "So Captain Hook's a girl?" "Woman."

-Predictable as it was, I liked the twist on Jekyll and Hyde and it showed that no-one is purely good or purely bad. Especially the way it showed the Nice Guy type story and how a man who seems nice and sweet can really be a raging douche canoe.

-I love Emma's story as the Ugly Duckling and her transformation into a swan. I think that was a neat way of incorporating the Ugly Duckling story into the show.

-I feel like Red Beauty was a bit of a missed opportunity. A perfect Beauty and the Beast tale, complete with its own Gaston in the form of Rumple. And then voila, two bi females on the show.

-Really I like all the ways they shake up the stories because one of my favourite things about this show is how bizzare it probably seems to an outsider. I mean, "So Aine what happened on your show last night?" "Oh, the usual, Captain Hook got trapped in a submarine by his vengeful half brother who is also the first mate of Captain Nemo, with the grandson of Snow White and Prince Charming, the Ugly Duckling had a pep talk with Aladdin and Rumpelstiltskin made out with the Evil Queen from Snow White." "So who do you ship on your show?" "Well I ship Captain Hook with the Ugly Duckling, Princess Aurora with Mulan, Belle with Little Red Riding Hood and Creulla de Vil with Ursula the Sea Witch."

I tried to explain it to my mum when 6x19 was on tv and she got very confused.