Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20161114201452/@comment-25926288-20161115013429

So, we are on a slight consensus, then. (Side-note: EQ from Disney is covered up like a nun, XD). The flashy, eye-catching outfits are just that. Elsa and Anna can't be compared to Ingrid when they were subjected to staying in Disney attire the entire time. From Blue to Snow to Belle to Regina, they've had interesting outfits. That hardly deals with anything besides the whole "sex sells" thing.

Going back to GQ, does GQ represent needless intrigue and romance when they have had a beautiful frenemy, student-teacher relationship that hardly ever had any hints to possible untold details? Does Queenie need to be so passionate about Rumple when she was pretty business as usuall in all other seasons? Is she overdoing it (which is a trick question because it was only overdone in Swan Song FB when Regina got out the carriage trying to seduce Hook, but wasn't and it made no sense really)?

I would say they didn't need to do anything other than Frenemy, but from the creative side, you can see why that would be repetitive (which hasn't stop them yet). Plus, it knicks two birds with one stone: How do we show Queenie isn't just past Regina? How do we show that Rumple has really fallen off his rocker?

I do believe that the writers expected fan-disgust, but I think they thought it would be more of a "Ooooh! No way! OMG" rather than a "Eww! Why?!"