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JMo will be on "Live With Kelly" on Oct. 7 (before NYCC).

That's not what he said. He tweeted that the premiere numbers have the show "probably safe from the reaper." Also, he said that ratings for a single episode of any show are "nearly irrelevant." It's the overall trend, among other things (such as show cost, cast contracts, the health of the rest of the network's shows, etc., etc.). We'll see how the ratings hold up over the next few weeks. I think it could go either way, though I can't see it lasting past seven seasons. I wouldn't be surprised if S6 was the last, though I could also see them having a short S7 to wrap things up as more of an "event." If S6 is the last, I really hope they know soon so they can wrap things up and not end with things up in the air.

I think the constant tweets from OQ fans definitely had an effect.

Well, I was not expecting THIS announcement. I'm going to guess as some sort of vision to Regina or something like that. Or, given the "I'll Be Your Mirror" title, maybe he appears to her in her mirror.

Sean Maguire returning to OUAT.

There was a dialogue spoiler from the set where they were filming the Count swordfighting with Charming -- Charming asks him why he's doing this, and the Count says, "She has my heart!" Sounds like the EQ may be controlling him.

6x02 photos.

I was appalled when I saw TV Guide publishing a Lily Sparks piece this morning. It's like giving one of the worst of the Twitter Bad Apples an outlet to millions for their biased hate screeds. Apparently, though, TV Guide & TV.com merged, so they didn't hire her, per se, she just came along with the merger. But it's still horrible, a bad look for TVG, and I encourage everybody to NOT click on her stories. Web hits are the only thing that websites care about these days.

Lot of chairs for filming, courtesy of Bex IG. "The calm before the Storybooke Storm."

LOL, yeah, nobody should complain about playing two characters when Tatiana plays 10+ and counting -- sometimes four in the same scene! I have noticed that Emma has worn several floral outfits this season, and I can't remember her doing that before. JMo's SDCC dress was also floral, and she tends to like to make her SDCC outfits mean something in terms of Emma's storyline for that season (such as wearing all black & white before Dark Swan). I don't know what they're saying about her storyline -- if anything at all -- but it's something I've noted.

Alcohol and sturdy tables. Yes, I assume at some point everyone will blame Regina for something that the EQ does, and it will be THE GREATEST INJUSTICE EVAH that will require copious groveling at Regina's feet once All Is Revealed!

About time for that, since she loves controlling others so much. That would be fitting. But it's TS;TW, so I doubt there will be any grand revelations wherein Regina realizes what a horrible thing it is to do & she's sorry for doing that to others.

EW fall preview blurb http://oraclecat.tumblr.com/post/150063412233/ew-fall-preview

This is why fans need to never assume anything or badger Adam with questions about things they want. CSers are dying for those two to move in together; it's been all the talk in the hiatus. So in response, A&E focus on Regina & Zelena becoming roomies instead. They really get off on twisting and denying the fans' wishes. OQers are predictably pissed about that development, since they hate the Zelena & baby storyline. Ah, Rumple, forcing himself into Belle's dreams. Never change!

6x01 press release.

My garden was pretty Meh this year. I got a brief flurry of tomatoes, but then it pretty much stopped. A few cucumbers & Japanese eggplants, but only three zucchini despite massive plants with tons of flowers; that always happens to me with zucchini, despite it seeming that everybody else in the South always gets a multitude. At least my blueberry bushes did well.

I think real-people shipping is a bad idea and it makes me super-uncomfortable. But it also makes me super-uncomfortable for that person on tumblr to call out and make a case study of one specific shipper, too. People will feel and do what they want, but neither behavior is particularly cool in my book. The fact is, we don't know any of these actors or what their lives and situations are really like. And, frankly, it's none of our damn business. Heaven knows it's an actual industry for people to gossip and speculate about celebrities, but anything we believe about them or their reality is simply head-canon. Fans who hold the same head-canons, whatever they are, tend to reinforce them among each other. I can't pretend I don't feel some of that nosy, titillated interest at times, but I try not to get too invested in my ideas about any celeb, lest it come crashing down on my head. Like, I want to believe that all my fave celebs are awesome people, but I don't know that for a fact; chances are, not all of them are. Heck, people we actually know can do things that shock us, let alone some celebrity we see a few minutes on TV once a week and a bit on social media. I wish nobody would get too invested in their views of celebrities and what they think is going on in private. I also wish I would win the lottery. I doubt either will happen!

The costuming says reshoots. Lots of filming in the woods with their 6x01 outfits with the same group that already filmed in the woods for that ep, with Hyde this time instead of Jekyll. And 6x05 is taking much longer to film than usual because of filming for other eps. Something different is going on, regardless of what Adam is saying.

Belated, since it seems it's a bug, but know I haven't blocked you!

That porn business is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen in the Once fandom -- and that is saying something! Nope, sorry, one fandom does not own usage of the word "porn" in relation to one character. I actually saw one SQer compare it to Delta cutting out all the lesbian kisses from "Carol." I mean, seriously? Plus, nobody in the CS fandom even knew it was an SQ "thing" to start with! Utterly contrived offense.

We didn't know, but I always assumed it would be a boy because of Baelfire. She has gone back & cropped the photo so you can't the script anymore, but I got it before she did that. I sharpened it in Photoshop, and in the next scene, Violet walks into Granny's "still in her dress" and "with a corsage on her wrist." Also there was something "in/on the ceiling" but I couldn't get any further. So I guess there's a dance at some point? Maybe a school dance since Jasmine is apparently a teacher? According to Adam, "next week, for ex, we're planning to shoot bits of 602,603,604,605,606. #normal" He wrote a lot of tweets about being normal for them & other shows, but I think he is just covering/deflecting. I don't think shooting so much of eps already filmed is "normal" at all. We have NEVER seen the amount of reshoots that we've seen for 6x01 before. And we haven't seen such extensive belated filming, either. If that is actually "normal," no wonder the continuity is such a hot mess. My guess is that they belatedly decided to flip it and make Jekyll the real baddie instead of Hyde. Jekyll filmed with the hero group in the woods during initial 6x01 filming; Hyde filmed with them in the reshoots. And then they had Jekyll chasing Belle & swordfighting with Hook in 6x04. That would likely mean getting rid of all the footage they shot in Steveston when Hyde was arrested, strangled Regina & tried to strangle Emma in the cell (which we just saw in the promo!). That would also mean they'd need to reshoot bits of subsequent eps, too. They reshot Emma looking at her shaking hand & a solo scene with Rumple, both of which originally happened in Steveston that day. I wonder if they reshot the Emma dream of being stabbed? I think they might not have to do that since it was a dream & could take place anywhere, but maybe they did. My God, the poor actors. I know I HATE having to redo stuff at work because somebody higher up changed their mind -- and that involves a LOT less work & time than what the actors are going through here. I just want to shake the writers. How can they be this disorganized & change their story so much??? It's appalling & makes me table-flippy.

As soon as I saw the pics of Emma walking away from Hook smiling on the docks, I figured something was gonna happen to one of them to end the ep. Because a happy, smiling character immediately presages DUN DUN DUN ANGST! I would also put my money on Nemo, who may have been skulking on the docks, saw Hook kiss Emma and figured kidnapping her would be a way to punish Hook. Hook & Henry (and Regina or the EQ, because apparently Lana was filming there later) looking for Emma at the house would explain them filming there separately, whether they're living there or not.

It looks to me like they're redoing what they shot in Steveston the day they arrested Hyde. Lana was there for that, so I don't see how that would force a reshoot. Having to reshoot that much stuff is a big waste of money, time & energy.

What the heck is imzy?? I've never heard of it, despite being in the CS fandom on tumblr.

Lana isn't attending that convention because her booking agent (who also handles Bex, Sean & maybe Emilie) had some sort of issue with it and worked with another group to start a competing Paris convention. There was all sorts of Dramaz about it on Twitter in July.