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To me, if speculation is based on a spoiler, it should go in the spoiler thread. Lines of spoiler tags doesn't seem right in the non-spoiler speculation thread. But I don't know now.

It's total and complete bollocks. Just some writer on some random site (ChristianityToday, of all places!) compiling/rewording spoilers that have been released on other sites and adding their own spin and speculation as fact, trying to get hits. And of course it spread through the fandom like wildfire and freaked people out. That crap infuriates me so much. The Internet can be such a cesspit of lies, and so many people don't stop for a second to think, "Hey, does this tidbit from this random website even make sense?" before spreading it all over as fact, and half the time not even attributing the source. Drives me bonkers.

Closed set sign tweeted by the actor playing the Peddler. Is that a usual sign they have up or was something super-secret going on?

I think I probably shouldn't read that spoiler article.

They seem to think that unless you comport yourself 100% to their liking and say only things they agree with -- AND also vociferously lobby for SwanQueen -- you aren't a real "ally" and simply can't be a true supporter of LGBTQ rights. If you support CS or OQ, then clearly you're homophobic. Sean has been clearly against bullying and discrimination, I'd say more so than any other cast member, but that's somehow not good enough for them. He's the only one who I've seen actively take fans to task for bullying Twitter behavior, like the ones who were tweeting nasty thing to Christie; that might be part of why they dislike him so much, that he won't put up with their crap. They're just ugly and nasty to anybody that they perceive as being in the way of SQ, which somehow they think they're entitled to. They really give the rest of the SQ fandom a bad name. I keep hoping that their ugly behavior will finally cause TPTB to wise up and stop coddling them, but so far it hasn't happened despite repeated occurrences. They keep getting praised for their "passion," which to me is just assholeishness and only encourages them.

Given Scott Nimerfro cowrote this ep, it will probably be something like that. Or Emma will ditch Hook to go for a walk with Regina and carve their initials in a tree.

OMG, Curio, that would have been SO EFFING MUCH BETTER! Quick, somebody get me a brain, a broken sword, a heart and a baby, and I'll go back in time and make it happen.

With lots of fog!

Sean posed for the #NoH8 campaign against bullying and discrimination -- so of course the usual SQ Bad Apples are currently sending him hate over it on Twitter. Yeah.

Yikes, Dani-Ellie, that's a freak occurrence!

"What's this store so excited about?" Yeah, the mom's deadpan delivery is hysterical. I had to check it out since it's produced by the creator of my beloved "Don't Trust the B" and I enjoyed it a lot. Clearly I like Nahnatchka Khan's humor vibe.

I also saw a post that Emilie was filming in studio yesterday. Put me down in the camp of absolutely do not want Zelena to be Marian. I think/hope it's more along the lines of Zelena prodding Marian and Robin together as a way to mess with Regina. Because, of course, somebody else must be responsible for Regina not getting her happy ending; certainly it wasn't her running away from the tavern.

Colin, JMo and Jared filming tonight. Also, a Zelena/Marian flashback scene was filmed today. Make of THAT what you will.

I'm pretty sure we'll have missed the CS first time.

I'm suspicious that it's a BTS photo and not an actual scene photo, because it seems way more JMo than Emma to me. Like whoever took the photo said, "Be adorable and in love!" I've still got 100% of my bitterness from the 4A finale, because it was just that egregious. Interesting that they put this CS photo and the Snowing/CS photo out today. Methinks they're trying to calm/win back CS shippers disgruntled by the 4A finale and all the villain/Regina talk.

I'm pretty sure it's from 4x17, because the photo is by the director for 4x17, and the red jackets are the same as 4x16. IIRC Charming isn't in the dagger promo scene; it's Belle instead.

Adam posted a BTS photo of Snowing and Captain Swan (from last Friday's 4x17 filming, apparently, based on the director). Nice costume parallels! (Sighing at all the people asking "Where's Regina???") Emma & Snow are wearing the same outfits from 4x16 filming (Snowing lurking and then getting a phone call/Emma walking through town dazed and then hugging Hook on the docks).

If there is a sleeping curse, it will definitely be Regina or Robin that goes under it. 4B is 100% obviously All About Regina, so there's no way they'd give that to any other character. Of course, there might not even be a sleeping curse, despite the obvious possibility. I mean, nobody in the core cast got frozen in the Frozen arc. When it comes to this show, the developments are always somewhere along the "worst-case scenario" continuum.

I can see it now: The finale will be an alternate timeline where Regina goes to meet Robin in the tavern instead of running away. Everyone’s life will be terrible and utter misery, and it will show how much better off they all are now. So in the end they’ll all line up to thank Regina profusely for so nobly casting the Dark Curse and freeing them from their wretched futures. Then they will feed her grapes and fan her with palm fronds.

You are among fellow sufferers of disappointment, turbogirlnyc. This ep really was the pinnacle (nadir?) of a disappointing lack of payoff. I plan on copious usage of my DVR's fast-forward button during 4B. I suspect I'll be able to get through an episode in about five minutes, since that will probably be all that will be of interest to me.

And the viewers. Don't forget the viewers.

4B is going to be one giant kitchen-sink mess, isn't it?

Zelena flashbacks coming. Da fuq? Because three villainesses just. aren't. enough.

Sheriff of Nottingham is back.

Dude, no, I like Marian! She'd really get the short end of the straw going from tool Robin to even-worse Regina. I wouldn't wish that fate on anybody. I could TOTALLY get behind her with Mulan, though, if they ever deign to bring her back. #WarriorMaid2015!