The Bee Goddess

It’s also the first time both we and Henry are really allowed to see Regina without ambiguity, because until now she’s been distant onscreen, driven by vengeance first and her feelings- even her love- have taken a backseat to power struggles in the audience’s eyes. This is Regina making a conscious choice to change her priorities to Henry’s desires over her own. (It’s debatable whether or not that’s healthy, but it’s definitely a first step to something that’s better actualized in 2.22 and in the missing year, when Henry isn’t around to be good for.)

Also David/Regina!! I’m p sad that there was no development in their relationship after this interaction and the several that followed in 2a, because they were Regina at her most vulnerable and there really should have been followup. But lol this is OUAT, I don’t count my blessings here~

scenes to rewatch (1/?)

there is no purpose to me posting this except it’s a REALLY GOOD SCENE and we should all think about it daily

also such stellar acting omg i endeavor to write as tightly packed emotions as these two women manage to act out

additional note: it is really rare for this show to allow two characters to have intense emotions at each other? it tends to have one character emoting while another one prompts them on and it hasn’t really done this ferocious dual emoting since s1 (with mb one or two exceptions in the cricket game and manhattan, notably. not since s2 definitely). this is such a strong scene and i wish we got more like this.