#ouat thoughts

Literally nothing at all on that wanted poster was correct, 1. He’s not from NJ, 2. His freaking real name isn’t even Neal Cassidy, and 3. he was born like 200 years before his stated dob. Baelfire was like 14-16 when he wound up in Neverland, so physically he would have been that age when he got to the real world. He doesn’t ever mention being in the foster system or anything, so we can assume he probably avoided it. And if his info is on a wanted poster that would mean he would have needed a kind of form of identification. A fake one. Lying and saying he was maybe, 21 or older would have helped him gain all the benefits of being a legal adult! Like certain jobs and staying out of the foster system. Also the poster was shown for like half a second, I don’t know how closely the viewers were supposed to look at it. Multiple times during the show they were both called “teens” or “kids” when referring back to their past relationships. Pretty sure Mr. Gold calls what they had a “teenage love affair” or smthing a long those lines. Also again, literally nothing on that poster is true.

That being said It’s hard to argue what age he is exactly when the actors portraying supposed young Neal and Emma were literally just grown adults that the show just wanted us to believe they were young. And in real life the actors have a a 1-2 year difference. And guys let’s not forget ouat is TERRIBLE at age consistency.

Plus if we are going to hate on Neal for an age gap that is kinda up for debate, let’s take a quick look at all the other questionable age gaps. Rumple/Belle, Killan/Emma, Hades/Zelena, and our favorite non canon ship Regina/Emma! Not saying that if Neal WAS that much older it would have been okay, I just don’t believe he was and I’m pointing out that for some reason people only ever hate on Baelfire/Emma!

And guys let’s not forget Regina is canonically a rpist. But people still adore her! It’s stupid, bad writing, and out of character but still a canonical thing. People just extend more mercy for this than Neal.

If it was the same 24 hours, how do dates work? Because with the paper did they put a new date every day? And if so how did they not realize oh shit it's been 28 years and everyone looks exactly the same.

Also, if it is a groundhog Day situation, how did they go through 28 years of rent day? That just seems so awful xD and Mr Gold having to go around every day to collect that rent, just diabolical

Since they don't age, how did Mary Margaret not realize she had the same students every year? How did Henry not notice that everyone stayed the same age except him? Why did Regina think she could raise a child who would age, around people who didn't age? I mean especially with her, she could isolate him but she still wouldn't age.

- I’m sure it’s been pointed out but Henry’s bedroom walls are striped. Kinda makes me think of a prison.

-Regina: “do I look like I need a drink!?” Babe, you always look like you need a drink.

- Maleficent being evil but not *that* evil always gets me.

- I feel like the line about the curse creating a void in Regina that could never be filled was a great thread that just kinda got dropped through the seasons. I mean, I think the implication was that her love for Henry sort of filled it and helped her work back toward the light but later seasons just rehash the whole Regina is just evil because evil is evil, even after she saves everyone’s ass a thousand times over. I mean heck we had the whole arc about Emma’s only good because Snowing magically bleached her heart.

- Operation Cobra.

- the ship’s wheel behind Emma when Henry’s telling her who she really is 😆

- S1 Emma: *chops branch off of apple tree in anger.* s5 Snowing: she said an angry thing, that’s so not like her, she must be going /evil/.

- the scenes where rumple is talking nose to nose with Regina make me wanna brush my teeth. No reason.

then again if the events of Peter Pan happened, then Wendy would've had more brothers than shown in the show when Baelfire entered the picture. We would've seen Slightly, Nibs, The Twins, Tootles, and Curly...

This is different of course with henry and I actually think with having a child she would prefer a boy so she could raise him to have the respect for women that the men of her past lacked and daniel showed her for the first time. As well as the fear that having a daughter would bring and Regina not wanting to become her mother.

dont even get me started on her father because I can smell the comments saying that her father was a good man to her and she wouldnt hate men bc of him bla bla bla. respectfully, you are wrong<3! love must go beyond the simple profession of it and Henry Sr's. did not. Yes he cared for her but his care did not extend into bravery and that is where love resides. Daniel was ready to stand up to Cora on Reginas behalf when they were about to run away, Henry Sr sat by and watched while his daughter was restrained in the air and who knows what else.

I do not know if Regina ever came to terms with her true feelings for her father but deep down I think she knows he was not a good parent, but compared to Cora he sure seemed like one. Any comfort at all through her childhood was from him and that attachment overshadowed everything else he failed to do.

And with her using him to cast the curse, I do not think at that point she held much love for him at all. She thought she loved her horse more then him first of all. Yes she had to sacrifice what she loved the most but there was nobody else alive for her to love. (except Mal but thats a whole different post hehe) the dark curse is meant to be hard to cast, otherwise everyone would go around doing it. Most sane people would register that they cannot get their happy endings if the person they love most is not there, but regina 1. was not sane, and 2. knew she could live without her father. Did she love him? yes im sure she did. but only as far as she could throw him.

In the underworld I think her father felt so much guilt about Reginas childhood that he never faulted her for killing him and that is when I think his love was the strongest. But it was too late. I do think however that Regina got the closure she needed to move on from his death because once her anger ebbed away over the years of the curse I do think she felt incredibly guilty.

I’m rewatching OUAT and I wanted to share some of my opinions on each season!

- Ooh Ruth pulling the knife

- I was wondering for a second where snow was

- I forgot she was cursed

- Dad???

- “If I wanted advice I doubt I’d take it from a pirate” low blow

- Omg the coin

- “That demon box” not the alarm clock

- Robin coming back is so stupid I can’t believe it

- Hook is going to propose!!!

- The ring is not that fabulous though

- Daddy issues David

- His lucky coin :(

- Yikes Robin

- Aw he did the deal pro bono :(

- Rumple… what a softie

- “The hearts of my enemies” why do you still have those???

- I don’t even care that they’re kissing this is just stupid

- Not them spinning around

- Pleasure Island!!!

- Omg Pinocchio

- “I’m also your father” ok strange man I’ve never met

- Knife fight

- Sad moment for David

- Great acting though

- Awww this is cute

- Omg hook killed david’s dad!!!

- Noooo this is not good

- ‘The first ogres war’ so there’s multiple???

- They need to trip them or something

- Not the wilhelm scream lol

- Slayyyyyy Rumple

- Ogre war redemption arc

- No bae :(

- #bullying

- Rumple :(

- Bae I thought you wanted him to be good

- Giving mixed signals here

- Omg he memory erased him so he wouldn’t turn dark

- Awwww this is so cute

- They’re engaged!

- I am so sick of the EQ just go away

- “I sleep in hay! … which is on dirt” lol

- Oh no

- Emma is really good at finding out things before hook can tell her

- Not the ring coming off…

- I bet the arrow is gonna point at her

- They’re going to sword fight???

- I knew it

- Are they just twins now or what?

- This is stupid

- I thought Regina couldn’t use that wand

- Plot hole alert

- I completely forgot about this

- Oh no

- Gideon no

- Can they not stop the submarine once it goes?

- Kraken hunting time!

- Aladdin and jasmine are back!

- Did he just make him into a sceptre???

- No one remembers achmed I guess

- CGI is looking a little rough

- What is this outfit Regina???

- Ariel! Love her

- That magic carpet cgi… bad

- Drunk snow lol

- Omg it was Jafar!

- “I can see my hovel from here” why does everyone have a hovel in this show???

- Awwwww captainswan

- Of course it was Gideon

- Ok kill the black fairy is not a bad thing to do

- Not the minor miners

- Ooh spooky intro

- Slay

- Nothing beats a good left hook

- “I’m your real mother” okay grandma (literally)

- Is rumbelle back together???

- Yasssss

- Omg Henry is possessed

- “Let’s get my pirate back” awwwww

- Omg I hate this ugly cgi spider

- Nooooo it was Roderick

- Omg not Isaac

- He’s so creepy

- Gideon what the fuck

- Ooh the lost boys are back

- Lots of returning people this season

- I wish hades would return :(

- Rumple slayyyyy

- Why do her guards look like they’re from Star Wars?

- Nooooo she killed Roderick

- “This is on you, Gideon. And my boot.” Good line

- Omg she has his heart

- “Dark one junior” lol

- PTA meeting is getting intense

- RUMBELLE

- Omg she got through!!!

- She has such Coraline other mother vibes

- Lol peace out loser

- Omg tiger lily

- Omg underworld reference??? The flower growing in the crack

- Nice to see long hair rumple again

- Emma’s name was his curse break thingy!!!

- They’re going to burn him at the stake???

- Awwwww this is so cute

- Slay Leroy

- Get a room

- Omg they’re all asleep

- Oh good not for long

- Ooh zelena in the recap

- “Why don’t you practice on my axe” omg

- This is the tin man I know it

- Ooh you’re looking for trouble touching zelena’s baby

- Yikes captainswan keep it PG

- “Am I interrupting something?” Omg

- Omg is that the bassinet that Zelena was abandoned in?

- We love a girlboss that takes things into her own hands

- “I sacrificed hades for you” that was a mistake

- But seriously Regina is not one bit grateful for what Zelena did for her, give up her true love to save her life

- At a time when Regina had Henry and was friends with the Charmings and Zelena had no one

- And Regina even BLAMES her for Robin’s death

- Robin had it coming but that’s another thing

- Snow’s date with Whale…

- Slay zelena

- Like a lion could take her… let’s be real

- “Go back to Oz” LOW BLOW

- That was so unwarranted

- Maybe if you guys weren’t so awful to Zelena then she wouldn’t fall into those traps

- That is so selfless to give up her magic to help everyone

- She is amazing

- That apology is long overdue

- Omg not Malcom

- That pathetic little man

- Baby rumple!

- The perfect name? How did you end up with Rumplestiltskin?

- Omg Rumple was supposed to be the saviour! (I remembered that)

- Rumple smash!

- At least there was no glass involved

- OMG ITS THE BLACK FAIRY!!!

- AND GIDEON!!!

- Where did Regina get a green car?

- ZELENA HIT HER WITH THE CAR

- SLAYYYYYY

- Zelena 1, black fairy 0

- Twist!!!

- She is the evil omg

- “I need my power” Rumple really had no chance

- Nooo he named him that because he hated him

- Something is suspicious

- Awwww he asked Henry to be his best man

- I knew rumple was up to something

- Why is he doing this???

- I love this episode!

- I know a lot of people don’t like it but I think it makes so much sense for this show to have a musical episode

- Like the Disney movies are musicals

- And the songs slap

- Ooh slay intro

- Omg it’s just so good!!!

- Everyone is amazing but josh dallas has a great voice

- Ooh that neck brake choreo

- I’m not a Regina fan but I have to admit she slayed

- Lana did a great job

- “You’ve come to say goodbye” nooooo

- This is so sad

- Killian’s song might be my second favourite

- It just fits him so well and Colin slayed

- Poison dart!!!

- They should have brought Hades back for this episode

- Greg was in the obc of Assassins

- Rumple should have gotten a song tbh

- Zelena slays so hard!!!

- Wicked always wins is the best song

- Although they should have made a wicked reference

- Rebecca Mader is so awesome

- Rumple why are you being evil???

- It is a little silly that their plan is just sing at her

- Not Henry tossing the book

- That was kinda funny

- Slayyyy

- I love how her song is the OUAT theme

- Captainswan is so cute

- Their vows!!!

- I love happy beginning such a good closing number

- This is so beautiful

- “The black fairy’s curse, it’s here!” Slay Leroy we love an iconic line

- Awwww season 1 recap

- You know what I miss?

- THERE IS A TOWN IN MAINE

- Omg this is older Henry

- Oooh curse again

- Archie: Henry, I think you’re crazy

- Not Emma in the mental hospital

- Not Fiona being the new mayor!!!

- How many sons is she going to try and kidnap???

- Gold & Sons that’s kinda cute

- Lost their mother??? What happened to belle???

- Pull ups in the mental hospital lol

- I love a good hook and david team up

- “We fought for our love and we won” awwwww

- “She said she was going to the store and she never came back” noooo

- Deadbeat belle…

- Omg not the EQ

- Awwww he called Killian his son

- “Hmmm. Merlot” LOL

- A dragon… is that maleficent?

- NOT THE BADLY PHOTOSHOPPED PICTURES OF BELLE TRAVELLING

- I CANT OMG

- Rumple please tell me you don’t believe this

- Not the falling video

- Omg no don’t burn the book

- I can’t believe she did that

- “Hello there, mummy” KILLIAN

- Omg that is so funny

- She came back!!!

- Slayyy rumple

- Noooo tempting him with Bae

- “All magic comes with a price” slayyyyy

- Omg dead

- Lol slay Henry

- “Some honeymoon, huh?” Lol I love them

- Omg charming swearing now you know it’s serious

- Not his dark one self convincing him

- Yasssss Rumple character development

- Noooo he resisted but it didn’t work

- Wtf

- Omg gideon is a baby again

- A little weird but ok

- Awwwww rumbelle

- Of course Robin proposed gotta do that fan service

- And in the tackiest way too

- OMG RUMBELLE

- THEY ARE ADORABLE

- Awww this is so cute

- Everyone got their happy ending

- Honestly a perfect finale

- Idk if I’m gonna watch season 7 because I remember hating it and this is such a perfect ending

How I feel about the characters this season

Love: Zelena, Emma, Hook

Like: Rumple, Belle, David, Jasmine, Ariel

Neutral: Henry, Snow, Gideon, Fiona (she’s camp idk), Aladdin, Regina

Dislike:

Hate:

I honestly can’t hate anyone this season

Season rating: 9/10