Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5821891-20140328233445/@comment-5281989-20140410160301

GothicNarcissus wrote: At the end of the series, I really grew to love it. Despite the first couple of episodes being really bad, it skyrocketed at some point and really became interesting and compelling.

My only "weird" afterthought is, it wasn't really Alice and Cyrus' story: it was actually Will and Anastasia's. Alice and Cyrus don't really grow as characters: they're in love, face obstacles, overcome them and reaffirm their love without much added to them. On the other hand, both Will and especially Ana grow a lot as characters, and the obstacles they have to face do not only interfere with their love, but also change them, help them become better persons. And this is especially true for Ana: Will simply does not have his heart, but his "final" self was already there, from the beginning. Ana grows from the shallowest, most annoying, least likable character in the whole OUAT multiverse, into a very complex, human, relatable, deep (although still flawed) one. I personally went from being unable to take her any seriously to being really concerned and then happy about her fate, and the best part of it is my initial perception was not due to bad writing or acting, but because that's how Ana was, a parvenue unfit for her role who overdid her mannerism to hide her inadequacy. If what the Rabbit says is true – that the whole point of Wonderland is finding themselves – then I think this is really Anastasia's (and Will's) story more than Alice's.

That was kind of beautiful-- there's a saying in most stories that you'll always have an alpha couple and a beta couple; usually the alpha is the more dramatic, focus of the story, and the beta is to provide balance to the other couple by highlighting the differences (in essence, be the "simpler" pairing). Oddly enought, it feels like  Will/Ana and Cyrus/Alice are switched in that regard, in that only circumstances stood in the latter's way.

But still, I think you're right in that the relationship journey between the characters was more Will and Ana's than Cyrus and Alice-- I mean, even the epic "True Love Kiss" was between Will and Ana at the end! But I liked that we followed the more stable couple-- I was worried there would be some twist at the end for Alice and Cyrus, but instead there's was the straight story and I was just able to enjoy the will-they-won't-they of Will and Ana :)