Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171028005802/@comment-31231929-20171028035749

I’m going to start off by saying I’ve head cannoned that Belle and Rumple spent that year in intense couples therapy working on their issues because they really needed that in order for me to accept that Belle went back to him after how he treated her during Seasons 4-6. Anyways, this was a really good episode. Belle mentioning that Emma and Killian brought Gideon’s birthday cake made me happy. I was very surprised that Alice is the LGBTQ character, I really thought it was going to be Ivy. However, I love her already. I am so happy that Belle got to have an adventure in the great wide somewhere. I was also pleasantly surprised that Rumple wanted to get rid of the dagger and that it’s going to be his storyline this season. That montage of rumbelle building their house together was very much like the montage at the beginning of Up and it made me cry. As did Belle’s death. Belle was one of my favorite characters on the show and to see her die (even if it was after she had a long and happy life) hurt. It’s sad, but also kind of beautiful that in order for Rumple to be rid of the Darkness and be a mortal and have it not be burdened on someone else, Belle had to die. I am really excited that Rumple is going to get rid of the Darkness. Since the Darkness was what drove the main villain of the show to be evil, it has to be gotten rid of in someway. The idea that there’s a Guardian that will be able to hold onto the Darkness without being corrupted by it is interesting and I’m looking forward to finding out who it is.

It seems like the pills Alice/Tilly is taking is preventing her from remembering. When she was off her pills, she didn’t remember who she was, but she remembered that Weaver is Rumple. I really like the fact that the reason Tremaine separated the characters was because it prevented them from seeing the whole story and therefore remembering who they are. Unless that chess thing was a giant red herring, Alice is most definitely Roger’s daughter and that makes me very happy. However, I don’t think it was since it was way too obvious. I mean, Rogers sat down across from her and moved the black rook next to the white knight. If that wasn’t a giant neon sign, then I don’t know what is. I really want to know how Alice ended up in Wonderland. I think that she somehow escaped her prison and traveled the realms searching for her dad. She just wasn’t able to find him.

Random stuff: I really enjoyed having a holiday episode on the show. Though who goes trick-or-treating in the middle of the afternoon? Lucy makes a very cute skeleton. I loved that Henry said his drink needed cinnamon and that Lucy got Milk Duds. Regina’s wig was very weird. Ivy is such a stereotypical rich mean girl, following her mother’s orders because she’s desperate for approval, carbs being pretty much the worst. Henry trying to ask Jacinda out was cute.