Luffy Reacts - Once Upon a Time S1E08 - Desperate Souls
Added 2019-07-07 13:26:06 +0000 UTCI'm finally back!
I had to take a break at the start of the month because my room was being repainted/redecorated and my computer access was quite limited, but now I've returned!
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I was really excited to see your reaction to this episode because Gold/Rumpelstiltskin is 1 of my favorite characters and definitely my favorite actor in the show. I can't say why yet but I should be able to later this season.
Supermonaman
2019-07-09 02:42:28 +0000 UTCThank you! What a great episode! It's definitely one of the stronger episodes from season one and things in Storybrooke are absolutely changing. Things are heating up. :) And the actor who plays Gold, Rumplestiltskin, and the cowardly Rumplestiltskin before he was the Dark One... is phenomenal. No one could ever play this character, or any side to him better. He's just fantastic. Definitely one of the very best characters from this beautiful show, and his dialogue in every scene he's in is truly phenomenal. And.. Rumplestiltskin most definitely plays all sides. :) My only one tiny nitpick about this episode... the scene where Rumplestiltskin enters the castle to retrieve the dagger... it definitely feels strange and it didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. It's really one of the only brief scenes throughout this episode that I didn't care for, because while I really like Rumple's overall plan to get inside the castle... I feel like this scene was slightly poorly executed and could have been done a little bit differently. First... it seemed strange that they didn't at the very least show soldiers and guards running from the castle's room where the dagger was hid upon it catching fire. However, for me it also felt strange to me that the lead soldier who is holding power over the Dark One, would keep the dagger someplace where anyone could easily steal it during the chaos created by the fire, including the Dark One himself while in the disguise of the beggar, unless of course the soldier commanded the Dark One to never touch his dagger again, or something like that. But anyone else could have surely stolen it from within the castle I think. And I think that this soldier would have been smart enough to keep the dagger on him, or at least something so valuable someplace more secure and secret so it wouldn't be found and stolen. Overall... I loved both the past storyline and the present storyline in Storybrooke. Both are really well done and like you said, the parallels from both past and present, as well as the lines being brought back again, are fantastic. I love not only Rumple, but of course Emma and Regina too. And Jared Gilmore's (Henry) acting is so good. He's an adorable child. I have a few favorite lines. I especially loved Gold telling Emma he knows how to recognize a desperate soul, just as the former Dark One Zoso told Rumple. And I love his lines with Regina when he talks about the fine points of a needle, a pen, and of a deal or contract. This line shows just how cunning and tricky Gold/Rumplestiltskin, or the Dark One can really be. Fabulous! I love, love, love the moment between Emma and Mary Margaret at the election, as Emma shares with her her reasons for wanting to win the election... to show Henry that heroes can win by doing the right thing despite the villains' trickery. And then... I also love the moment Rumple becomes the new Dark One. Very dark and creepy, and so amazing too. What a brilliant idea for the Dark One to be controlled by a magical dagger and for the power of the darkness to become transferred into whoever kills the Dark One with the dagger. As for the power of the Dark One... there's so much more to come that expounds upon the power, and it's all so good. As for Zoso... I really liked the darkness and eerie feel for the previous Dark One, and how he managed to manipulate Rumplestiltskin into stealing the dagger, then to get him to use it to kill him in order to get Rumplestiltskin to take on what had become too much of a burden for him. The darkness and the power that comes with becoming the Dark One... the price, effects each Dark One differently and each person connects to it differently. As you have seen with Zoso and Rumplestiltskin. Thank you again! Overall, this was an excellent episode and I really enjoyed your reaction for it. Everyone's appearances throughout this episode were brilliant, especially the encounters between Emma and Gold, as well as between Gold and Regina, and Regina and Emma. And lastly... I absolutely love how Gold manipulated Emma by helping her to win through setting the fire so she could be a hero in everyone's eyes, and I love how he knew the outcome of the election, and knew that Emma would turn against him by outing him to the people so that she could become the new sheriff. Like you... I love his line as he speaks to her about how everyone fears Regina, but that they're more afraid of him. Again... phenomenal. And Robert Carlyle in this end scene with Emma is incredible. He's absolutely top notch. Thank you so much! Such a fun reaction like always. :) Until next time...
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2019-07-07 14:58:35 +0000 UTC
