Beyond Selidor

I love Once Upon a time. I agree that it is a patchy kind of show, with some episodes, or even moments in episodes, being significantly better than others. I have found the villains of the show to be the best, because I think Rumple and Regina are the BEST actors on the show (plus Hook is super hot). I think they pull off the evil with a tinge of goodness so well (sorry bad sentence but I'm tired about to go to bed but had to comment on this). I agree that many characters are a bit one-dimensional, but I think this is unavoidable with such a large cast. Also, for whatever reason, I don't find Emma to be a particularly likeable or interesting character. Which is a bit of a pity as she's in everything!!!

I also dislike Mulan, she just comes across as so unpleasant. Also she's a bit of a tragic, hanging around Aurora even though she was completely in love with Philip herself? That just seems like emotionally self destructive behaviour.

And I disagree about the Rumple/Belle relationship, just in the sense that I do want to look away when I see it. I didn't particularly like the actor who plays Belle when she was in Lost and I don't like her here. It's partly that her Australian accent is a little bit jarring (although Rumple has some sort of accent too, I haven't picked out what it is, English? But a particular part yes?) as I just don't think Belle should be Australian (just seems weird). And partly because she's just a little too sweet and accepting of Rumple. And there's too much of that powerful older unattractive man with the young beautiful girl thing going on there. While it appeals to you, I think I just find it disturbing.

And overall, I love the concept of this show. Fairy tale characters (plus now with the addition of the hat and other worlds, the ability to bring in other works of literature? AH-MAZING!) lost in our world??? The ability to take viewers between the fairy tale world and their interactions within our own??? While I do hope that they iron out some of the wrinkles, I accept that all shows need a bit of work to get into their groove. And even Buffy had some real clanger episodes!!!