#was rumple at the crux of that storyline?

[martianbugsbunny]

Saw a post t’other day that was like “Wonder what it would’ve been like if Neal had been around for the fight between Emma and Gideon” and as much as I like him, I just know Neal would’ve taken one look at Gideon and decided there was too much of Rumple in him and he probably would’ve been even more reluctant than Emma to believe he wasn’t evil. Neal would’ve been too obsessed with making sure Emma and Henry didn’t become collateral damage in what I’m sure he would view as Rumple’s mess to spare a kind thought for his enslaved brother.

#was rumple at the crux of that storyline? #yes #....bc it was HIS CRAPPY EVIL MOM who was the big bad there #was his son involved in it? #also yes #....bc HIS CRAPPY EVIL GRANDMA HAD HIS HEART #I just feel like Neal would've taken it all too personally #and he wouldn't have given Gideon the benefit of the doubt #he would just see 'guy who's using magic for nefarious purposes' and be like 'yeah he's evil like dear old dad has been in the past' #he would also blame rumple instead of the dark fairy I'm sure #Gideon gold #neal Cassidy #rumplestiltskin #martianbugsbunny opines

[theotherodinson]

What is it that you don't like about once upon a time? I've watched season 1-5 and I liked it (not everything some storylines are admittedly much better than others, and I although the femslash was cute I would've liked it a lot earlier and between Henry's mothers) I think it had a lot of potential? But it's been a while and I don't remember everything

Anon,  this is a question more complicated than I care to delve too much into. I’ll just say I thought the first season was fantastic. It had some soft spots here and there, but was for the most part an excellent balance of story and character building slowing culminating to the season’s end game (the breaking of the curse). And while I still enjoyed the show for another season or two, I feel it went veering badly off course after that first season. Rather than continue the build off season one’s arc (which should have kept them in stories for years), it was like the show runners went chasing after every new shiny idea that popped into their heads. So a constant influx of new directionless characters, new storylines that were rushed and/or never really went anywhere, and just a general waste of the show’s potential (not to mention the talent of the main and supporting cast).

And the one thing I can never forgive - and I mean ever - is how they blew Baelfire’s (Neal’s) story. Finding his son was supposed to be Rumple’s work of centuries, literal centuries of his life obsessing over how to reach his son and fix his mistake, the whole reason there was a curse. And while Manhattan was amazingly good (and far and away the best episode of season 2), it was like the writers just forgot that Rumple & Bae’s separation was kinda the whole crux upon which everything was built. It was chasing after the next shiny again and again, while existing relationships and conflicts were neglected until I got to the point I just didn’t care anymore. 

And that’s really just scratching the surface of my frustrations with that show, so I’ll end it here.

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