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Someone from another forest taught me. It’s a long story.
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Maybe Belle was in Rumple’s castle for longer than we thought, and Marian and Robin Hood were eventually killed by the Sheriff? I mean, Rumple can keep himself ageless for centuries, and Regina stopped aging of everyone in a huge section of the Enchanted Forest from aging; it wouldn’t be a stretch for Rumple to keep his personal house maid from aging because the deal was “forever,” and we don’t know how much time passed between Belle’s capture and the curse. She could have been working at the castle for any period of time (at least I think); her timeline only gets fixed really when she starts interacting with characters like Regina and has to leave. Even Belle’s father not dying throughout this time is somewhat plausible because Rumple gave her his word that he “would not die.”
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Amethyst Archer’s Tumblr: wow one of the things I hate most about what’s going on in OUaT…
wow one of the things I hate most about what’s going on in OUaT is
- Cora was going to kill everyone.
- Cora and Regina were planning to kill basically all of the Charmings except for Henry.
- Killing Cora was self defense. And Cora brought basically an assassin back with her to kill Rumple, so…
- …
Problem is not that Cora was killed. Problem is THE INTENTIONS and means Snow used for it.
It was not self-defense. It was an intentional, calculated, cold-blooded revenge. She did not do it because “She had to” - she did it “because she wanted to”.
And then there’s of course the methods through which Snow achieved what she wanted.
Yeah. If it was just self defense she could have simply crushed Cora’s heart - all done and dusted. She chose to have another do her dirty work for her. She chose the option which would inflict the most amount of pain on her adversary. That’s why her heart is now forever blackened. She murdered and she will always be a murderer. It’s as Regina said - it will always stain her soul and heart now, no matter what she does. You can’t take murder back. Ever. And no matter what she does from now on, no matter how she tries to absolve herself, she will have to live with that for the rest of her life. She has in effect become somewhat like Regina. Presumably they’ve set it up this way so she gets some appreciation of what Regina has had to experience, etc.
The difference between just crushing Cora’s heart (which I’m not even sure if nonmagic people KNOW how to do and I’m sure Snow has never done before) and casting the spell was that one would result in two people dead and the other in only one. I realize that Rumple is in many ways as bad and a worse person than Cora. That doesn’t change that killing Cora was necessary to save her family’s lives and that one method of doing so would also save another life. I feel sympathy for Regina and understand how hurt she was by Cora’s death, especially because of the abusive and complicated relationship they shared/how badly Regina wanted Cora’s love. Doesn’t change that Cora was literally on their doorstep, had convinced Regina to murder most of the Charmings, or that Snow now had a surefire way to kill Cora, protect her family, and save another life (however horrible Rumple is, at least he isn’t currently actively trying to kill them). Snow feels remorse for killing at all, and Regina’s and Cora’s hearts respectively haven’t been blackened despite hundreds/thousands of murders. I still don’t have a full grasp on the symbolism the writers are implementing, but one interpretation that seems to make sense with the canon in the show is how the person perceives their actions. Snow feels immense guilt to the point where she believes she should die for her actions, which is polluting her heart and in a way killing her, whether or not it is twisting her for worse. It didn’t seem that Snow truly did want to kill Cora just for revenge, more that she was desperate after another person close to her had died at Cora’s hands. She said that she felt being good made her powerless (and I do realize a recurring theme in the show is that love and morality should be more important than power) to protect the ones she loves. The message that people shouldn’t even have the power to protect their families if it does the least bit of harm is a flaw in writing to me. And yeah, I get that the show wants more moral ambiguity (and I’ve wanted the “heroes” of the show to dirty their hands more so for awhile or at least for them to drop this charade of sacrificing innocent lives because sometimes it’s okay to kill when in immediate danger oh but sometimes not because that’s how the writers want the plot), but that Cora really was very close to killing them and gaining immense power makes the mere immorality of her choice extremely foggy. It seemed very clear that Snow was unsure of how to kill Cora until Rumple told her, and I still doubt that she even thought of crushing the heart (esp. because she was never trained to do so; I doubt the properties of magic hearts are common knowledge). I really do appreciate the idea of what’s happening, but it’s all falling wrong and the show seems to be trying to present a ridiculous image of “goodness” which even involves forgiving/trusting people who are still ready to kill.
How many random people have Snow and Charming killed whilst fighting in battles or rescuing each other? I just don’t get the selective memory of this show. Apparently it’s not -wrong- to kill someone in self defense if the character isn’t named.
I really hope they don’t make Tamara evil or the “other woman”
would seriously ruin all the episodes they do that for me
wow one of the things I hate most about what’s going on in OUaT is
- Cora was going to kill everyone.
- Cora and Regina were planning to kill basically all of the Charmings except for Henry.
- Killing Cora was self defense. And Cora brought basically an assassin back with her to kill Rumple, so…
- Not that I don’t love Cora’s character (esp. because of ther backstory)
- And I do think that Rumple deserves a lot of ire and his actions are absolutely horrible
- I just still don’t see how killing a serial killer who was about to stab someone and become the dark one thus fulfilling her plans to kill most of your family and kidnap your grandson is morally wrong
