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I really want/like the idea of Emma crossing realms to find Hook, but I agree that I wouldn't want the separation to last very long -- an ep or two, not half the half-season or anything. Too long would fall into the manufactured angst camp. (Alas, which means they'll probably do it.) I mean, technically the cursed-lips things didn't last more than a few eps, but it felt like for-freaking-ever. I don't want something like that again, it was so contrived. I definitely want some Hook/Snow interaction. Henry/Gold is something that needs to happen. If Emma's wanting to work on her magic, would she turn to Rumple, since she's likely not going to want to ask Regina now?

I'm suspecting that if this scenario plays out, Hook might end up back in the Enchanted Forest with Elsa chasing the Jolly Roger rather against his will, and Emma and whoever (probably David, perhaps one other person) will end up going after him. So she gets her turn crossing realms to find him. Who could Hook have traded the Jolly Roger to for a bean? This may be an unpopular opinion, but I hope like hell it wasn't Blackbeard. I just never thought he fit into the show, being an actual historical person, and his character wasn't all that interesting IMO. My possibilities include Ursula, Davy Jones or some heretofore unintroduced character -- OUAT's version of Jabba the Hutt. Whoever it is could be the Big Bad for 4B. I'm still uncertain how Will is going to fit into the show as a regular. I can come up with several recurring ways that work, but not to weave him into the story fully. Unless he has some tie to Elsa.

My head canon is that Elsa lost control of her magic again when something happened to Anna. I also doubt Disney would allow for killing either sister, so I imagine the "something" that happened to Anna was that she disappeared/was urned up. Or perhaps both sisters were urned up at the same time. (Could Anna and Kristoff be in the same urn? They're not exactly bound by the laws of matter and physics here.) Hans is the obvious choice of villain, perhaps in some sort of cahoots with Rumple. So it could have happened any number of years ago, with the sisters being held in magical stasis at the age they were when they were urned up. Perhaps Hans took Anna's urn and Rumple took Elsa's and put it in the vault, since she was the "dangerous" one. Hook could've come into possession of the urn when the Jolly Roger pirated Hans' ship, been unable to open a magically sealed urn and had no idea what/who was in it. So I agree, it's back to the Enchanted Forest to get the Jolly Roger (or at least the urn) back from whoever he traded it to. I have ideas that I hope I get around to writing fanfic for before too many spoilers start coming in. (A dragon could come in handy during an eternal winter.)

There's definitely a zeitgeist recently in terms of the focus being on the villains, not just in OUAT but pop culture in general. In the past in movies and on TV, it was almost always about the hero, the good guys -- the Lone Ranger, Perry Mason, Wonder Woman, the A-Team, Magnum P.I. (Dating myself here, though the first two were before my time, honestly.) The heroes were the constant, with various villains of the week that you really didn't get to know. But then we started getting these villains (or at least anti-heroes) being the focus of the story. I want to say it really kicked into high gear with Tony Soprano. He was a bad guy, but because he was the main character, people rooted for him. There was this spate of telling stories from the bad guy's point of view -- The Shield, Wicked, Dexter, now Maleficent, etc. -- because it was "different" and "edgy." I don't necessarily think OUAT started out that way, because it definitely seemed at first like we were supposed to root for Snow, Charming and Emma. But then somewhere along the way, the focus became more about Regina and what SHE wanted. So to me, that makes it seem more false or forced, because it didn't IMO start out that way. Was that shift because TPTB fell in love with Regina, or because a lot of fans -- conditioned by the recent villain-as-protagonist trope -- gravitated toward her? Or a combination? My guess is the latter. But since I've never been one to really root for the villain, I don't like that change.

I often find villians fun and entertaining to watch, because they do often get the best lines and plots, but I seldom ROOT for them. I don't particularly want them rewarded for their evil deeds, but they are a key component to most stories.

Ooh, two-fifths of my laminated list is in there!

What the frell, people are sending hate to JMo again??? I can't even with this fandom sometimes, either. Some of them are just heinous. I wish they'd all just stop tiptoeing around the batshit crazy element -- that only feeds the madness. I would not want that over-the-top element in any fandom I was a part of. I'd just tell them to knock off the crazy, and if they left, so be it, that would be better for all concerned. If you're sending hate to any actor, you should not be catered to. Of course, that is only one of the reasons I am not involved in any network show! I just want to yell at the people who keep thinking SQ is viable, "Stop trying to make 'fetch' happen!"

According to TPTB, Cosima is still sick. So Kira didn't heal her.

I'm curious. How many seasons do you think TPTB expect the show to last? How many seasons do YOU expect it to last? I think five would be about right. Which probably means it'll go seven! Though, I cannot imagine that Robert Carlyle would want to stick with the show that many seasons. This is based on nothing whatsoever except a hunch.

BBCAmerica put up an awesome extended clone dance party video, with bits of the effects. I didn't notice on the initial airing (or maybe it wasn't shown), but I adored Alison's askance look at Helena's dancing.

That's what I wondered. I was, like, "Wait, what, did Kira just heal Cosima??" That would be quite the development. For Kira's sake, I'm hoping she didn't, because God knows people want to get their hands on her now, could you imagine the hunt for her if she could heal people? I want Cosima to be healed, but I'm hoping that between Helena's embryos and Duncan's book, Cosima can figure out a cure for herself that way. Clonepalooza tonight. Clone dance party! Leettle sestra! And Mark's a clone! Eee! Does he know he's a clone? Was he sent to infiltrate the Prolethians? Because quite the coincidence if he ended up there randomly. Clearly Marian has the Helena of the Mark clone club. I wish the finale had been two hours. It went so fast! I would like to have seen Cal meet all the sestras. Amused by him and Paul meeting, though. Cal certainly seemed to take it all in stride. So Michelle Forbes is playing a good(ish) character? Didn't see that coming! That may have been the biggest surprise. I'm worried about Scott. Is he still at Dyad? Obviously Rachel will be sporting a snazzy eye patch next season. Will the clones find out that Mrs. S gave up Helena, or will they just assume she ran off? Which she did before she got snatched. (The hat seems a big clue for them that she was taken.) I wonder where she was going? miles2go, Mark was one of the guys who tried to nab Sarah in the diner in the season premiere. She saw him then.

Nashville seems to have really gotten Colin's musical mojo going.

Yeah, I really wish we'd have known Colin was going to be in it before the donation period was over. It sounded like they knew who the actors were, but couldn't announce it at the time. Maybe the casting was contingent on them getting the last bit of funding. But I may have contributed more than I should've for a nice Colin-related perk.

So Robin & Regina's week-old relationship is deeper than Robin & Marian's years-long one? OK, sure, uh huh. I absolutely do not get why Robin loves Regina. It's just so plot-prescribed, not at all organic. They should have shown them falling for each other in the missing year, instead of being rude to each other. That might have worked. This way doesn't. Lana says she hopes Regina is evil again, but she's also healing and learning to be a better person? That seems rather at odds. Ugh, and she doesn't care that she killed Marian in the past. Still with the not getting it!

Lord. And agreed. I just Googled. I am side-eyeing some of those debate topics pretty hard. If one is going to go appear at a con, a con in Paris would be the one to go to!

Why is half the cast in Paris? There have been Twitter pics the past few days of various combinations of Lana, Sean, Jared, Emilie, Rebecca Mader and Robbie Kay there.

Here's the plot from the movie's Indiegogo page. And a video the filmmakers made about the movie to get the funding.

Let us send sacrificial offerings to Tubey, who must have extra time on his hands now to sway such things.

I would imagine it's going to be an occasional, when-there's-time kind of thing. But if it produces more Colin singing videos, I'm for it! :)

See, I don't like the beard on him at all. Colin is the outlier in my beard feelings.

Normally I prefer guys clean-shaven, but with Hook/Colin, the scruff just wooooooooooooooorks. So I never want it to go away. It really is amazing how different he looks without it. I'd be OK if they toned down the guyliner, though I don't particularly mind it.

Wait, Chris Carmack from "Nashville" is in "The Dust Storm" with Colin too?? I'm kinda guessing it's maybe a cameo, since I haven't seen any other mention of him being in the movie.

He said 11. But who knows if he knows how many there really are.

Oh, God, yes. I am so there for that show. Just Emma, Hook, Rumple and Charming (and recurring Snow) would be AWESOME.

This show makes me want to run around the living room waving my hands in the air and screaming incoherently. In a good way. Rachel is batshit crazy. Oh, dear, Kira. Oh, dear. Creepy Prolethian Dadseminator got what he deserved. "Horse? COW?" I wonder if Helena's embryos will be the solution they need in order for Kira to be freed. (I did not mean to rhyme.) More particularly, the one(s) Gracie is carrying, since she doesn't want to be carrying them. I'm calling that now! And there's also the ones in the container Helena took. So ... Mark was military. Paul was military. Tony's monitor was military. Coincidence? I'm thinking not! I didn't realize it was Rachel impersonating Sarah until she spoke with Rachel's accent. For a second, I thought Tatiana had accent-shift, then I went "OH!!! CRAP!!!" Oh, Delphine, OF COURSE Rachel planted that for you to see. Way too obvious. Rachel is not stupid like that. Donnie and Alison burying Leekie in the garage and getting turned on by it was all kinds of wrong. And all kinds of right. Funny to see Donnie get in touch with his inner badass. Mrs. S in pigtails was just weird. She does not strike me as a pigtail kind of person. I did enjoy the CloneClub Skype session. ::Pets Cosima. Pets Scott.:: Jordan Gevaris did a fun live-tweet session for this ep.