As you can see, I have a very important reason to get back to Once Upon A Time; a very sexy, broody, manliner'd, Irish reason, as a matter of fact...

 

Regina (The Evil Queen) - on a side note, that's totally how I like to sit to answer my phone as well.... not.

Little Red:

Snow White:

Belle (I see what you did there with the teapot and teacup):

 

Rumplestiltskin, deliciously creepy as always:

And er.... Prince Charming:

LOL yeah, that last one is a bit.... strange. I think they were going for whimsy but kind of ended up with "really bad photoshop job".

 

All images come from Once Upon a Time's facebook page.

There are no spoilers in this post. Only gifs. Lots of gifs. Cause I love me my gifs. So without further ado: Cynthia's Reaction to the Season Finale of Once Upon a Time in Gifs.

As you can see, I am very happy with the finale. I was surprised the writers went there... I never would have expected it in a billion years - especially in a show such as this. And yes this show is like 90% cheese but oh, how I love it. It's got so much story (heh) and heart. After each episode, I feel like running outside and chasing after rainbows and unicorns. Plus, after watching Doctor Who, my campy-ness tolerance is all the way up there anyway.

And oh god, so many old characters had cameos in the finale. And ******* was ******* with ******* and I went crazy during those scenes. AAARRRGHH SOMEBODY WATCH THE SHOW PLEASE SO I CAN SPAZ WITH YOU.

Only this show can make me want to simultaneously throw my shoes at the TV screen and hug the darned thing. Now I have to wait till after the HSC. Oh god, I hate the wait.

As a child, my favourite fairytale has always been The Little Mermaid. I mean, dude - there are mermaids - with like the whole tail/fin/living under the sea thingy. 'Nuff said. My favourite mythical creature has always been the mermaid and I even remember doing my Year 7 Visual Arts Project on them. I went around the class trading creatures with other people 'cause I originally ended up with "troll". Like WTF man - trolls aren't even pretty. Mermaids on the other hand, have that whole mystical allure thing which dragons, trolls and dwarves don't...

Weeeeeeee - mermaids :)

But I digress.

Point is, as a child, I always loved The Little Mermaid.

But as a teen? I think I'm being converted. True, The Little Mermaid will always have a place in my heart but I've recently realised that the story of Beauty and the Beast has the power to make me feel so incredibly sad and happy at the same time. This idea - of an ugly, deformed creature falling for a beautiful, kind girl is such a cliched trope but at the same time, never fails to entertain me. Do you guys remember my Phantom of the Opera phase? That time when I used to spam all your dashboards with my embarassing fangirling and gushings of the movie. If you don't, you can scroll down to the botton of the page and click on the Phantom of the Opera (POTO) tag. You have been warned though - it's not pretty. Anyway, I've just realised the reason I liked POTO so much was because it was a variation of the Beauty and the Beast story.

It's also why I kind of had a thing for Beastly when I first read it (the book - not the movie. Movie sucked shit, guys).

And it's also why I started wriggling on the couch from excitement whilst watching Once Upon a Time last night. They had a Beauty and the Beast themed episode and guess what? THEY PULLED IT OFF SO WELL AND I COULD NOT BE ANY HAPPIER. Plus, it helped that my favourite character of the series - the evil and deliciously-creepy Rumpelstiltskin played the role of the Beast. (Fair warning guys, this show takes a few massive liberties with the traditional stories). I couldn't have asked for more.

Other random fun facts: Emilie de Ravin (the actress who plays Belle) is Australian. She's also been on Lost and CSI and a whole other bunch of shows. Anyhow, in OUaT, she was allowed to keep her Australian accent. I didn't really notice it at first but on rewatch, it full came and hit me in the face. Belle must come from that part of Fairy Tale Land where all the Australians live. Funny that. I always though Belle was French.

I think this has been my favourite episode to date. I can't wait to see what *spoiler* does when he *spoiler* and omg *spoiler* cause *spoiler* is such an evil *spoiler*.

Also: EASTER EGG ALERT!! I see what you did there:

Cynthia Watches "Once Upon A Time"

Also known as: "Cynthia Resists the Urge to Chuck Shoes at her T.V. Screen"

Yes I know I said I wouldn't be watching any T.V. shows lately. Yes I have a bunch of other things I want to watch (True Blood, Game of Thrones, Sherlock, anything else remotely geeky or nerdy, etc...). Yes I have this thing called the HSC to do. And yes, I know - my self-control sucks shit. I don't even know why I bother.

So where was I? Oh right - OUaT makes me want to chuck shoes at the T.V. screen. Mostly 'cause of Prince Charming - who I think should get his head blendered. LOL jokes. I don't hate him that much. I've just finished episode 6... so I'm still feeling angry over how he acted. Stupid shows with their stupid dramatic developments. I know they're necessary but they're just so FRUSTRATING. AAARRGHHH. If this season ends with a whole lot of angst and no plot development/story progression, imma gonna slap a bitch.

But I digress.

Once Upon a Time is not bad. True, it starts off pretty slow and a lot of the characters are pretty cliche (as cliched as misplaced fairy tale characters can be) but it does pick up and after a while, the cast do stop grating on your nerves. Plus, it's worth it just to watch Rumpelstiltskin acting creepy.

Okay, now my sister's watching Easy A and I'm getting distracted. Such a funny movie haha.