Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20161205015930/@comment-24674051-20161205194132

Ok, I'm late as ever on the discussion, and have not read all the previous 10,000 posts (ok, I know there is a 500 message limit on a thread, you get my drift). so apologies if I repeat anything.

First, the fact that the sword destined to kill Emma is capable of hurting Queenie without hurting Regina. That is a nice little tidbit to know. Too bad that Prince Henry is currently in possession of that sword at the moment.

Speaking of Prince Henry, I thought it was kinda nice that both Princess Emma and Prince Henry are acknowleded by their birth titles, even if they were never in the EF to enjoy them. Now, if they are to be consistent, Prince Henry should be coming to rescue his mother Queen Emma, since she is now the Queen of the Wish Realm EF upon the death of Snow and David.

Queenie made the wish to send Emma to the Wish Realm, so she will ultimately be the one to pay the price of the wish. Emma's price is that she got to momentarily experience life as a fairy tale princess, watch as her son was knighted, and suffer through her parent's death. So how will Queenie pay the price (and no, I do not consider her current snake form as the price for that wish, there is still a price yet to be paid).

Speaking of wish prices, Regina's wish to join Emma has a hefty price. She is back in a variant of the EF where she is remembered as only the EQ, where everybody fears her and wants her dead, and where her adopted son, who she dearly loves, does not know her and wants to kill her. She is going to be on the run until she can escape. (and there may be more with WR Rumple that remains to be seen)

And then there is David's wish. I believe it is his wish that is responsible for Queenie becoming the snake that she is, for Robin appearing to Regina (since somehow the wish feels that Regina deserves time with Robin, which is a nice thought), and is also responsible for Guiding Gideon back in time to be ready to kill Emma (that is David's price).

And I was not annoyed by the wish bouncing ball. Queenie had the lamp, Regina then utilized the 'fact' that Queenies possession of the lamp worked just as well for her, and that David stole the lamp and used a wish matches with other genie lore outside of what was seen in Wonderland.

Aladdin and Jamine and Agrabah. That was simply a set up for a later story, so again, does not bother me. it took 1 short scene, so not really much of a distraction.

Gideon's appearace was a nice followup to what we saw in Changeling, and is setting up for what appears to be a nice story arc with the Black Fairy, as well as tying into the prophetic vision of Emma's 'death'. Very nice, albeit unexpected, way to merge 2 storylines. Also, the writers did take a first step towards patching the Rumple & Belle relationship. Even parent's that are at odds with each other can set aside their differences to address issues with their child. How they address these issues in the future will set the tone for any further reconciliation (if that's possible).

More to come as the discussion progresses.