[whencartoonsruletheworld]

you know what? it’s been long enough i think we can admit that abc’s once upon a time was dumb as all shit and that’s why it fucks

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

the evil queen’s mom was the queen of hearts, and also the miller’s daughter from rumpelstiltskin. rumpelstiltskin is also the beast from beauty and the beast and peter pan’s son. his wife eloped with captain hook and his mom kidnapped his secondborn son with belle to use as a weapon against his daughter-in-law 

there were four rapunzels- one who only appeared in one episode and then was never mentioned again, and then three from the final season- one of whom was mother gothel in disguise (who is also a nymph and had a scene identical to the prom scene in carrie), one of whom was lady tremaine, and the final of whom was alice in wonderland, captain hook’s daughter

hades fell in love with the wicked witch of the west and also was that guy from ally mcbeal and we were supposed to take that 100% seriously 

maleficent got impregnated by a mystery man and laid an egg, out of which hatched a human baby. they went to find her dad and never showed up in the show again. we find out in the last episode that her dad was zorro and nothing else is mentioned of this 

the frozen characters were all there, completely based on canon with no alterations like everyone else got, and nobody questioned this. cruella de vil was also there and now is probably fighting with king arthur over custody of hell

mérida was there for like a season and a half and not once did she ever get a costume change. they were at a funeral and you can see her bright bluegreen dress just. there 

henry jumped on a lion in new york and gave a speech about how magic is real 

at the end they crowned the evil queen empress of everything just bc 

there was a musical episode

nothing in this show made sense and that’s why it’s fucking hilarious 

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

HENRY HAD A LOVE INTEREST FROM CAMELOT AND IN HER FINAL APPEARANCE SHE RETCONS HER BACKSTORY AND SAYS HER DAD WAS FROM EARTH AND WE FIND OUT HER DAD WAS THE CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT 

WHICH IS NOT ONLY THE FUNNIEST RETCON IN HISTORY (funnier by the fact he does have the right name, meaning that this was planned and they just forgot to drop any foreshadowing) BUT IF YOU FOLLOW BOOKCANON IT MEANS THAT HER BIRTH NAME IS HELLO-CENTRAL

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

LITTLE BO PEEP WAS A MOB BOSS

[starsofkyber]

What, and I cannot emphasize this enough, the FUCK

[anhaga]

https://ganondilf.tumblr.com/post/108123681713/i-dont-watch-once-upon-a-time-but-every-clip-ive

I don’t watch Once Upon A Time but every clip I’ve seen is like

Quasimodo: “And where is the amulet?” Edgar from Aristocats: “Safe and sound I assure you. Isn’t that right, Lightning McQueen?” *the sounds of revving comes out of the shadows*

Commercial break

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

The musical episode is literal gold by the way

[nexttimeisnotthesame]

251028 (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)♡ © notbabyalien

[da-man-si]

Why did you sneak into Hanmin? Didn't you think I'd kick you out? I did, but you already failed once.

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

"what if your favourite celebrity turned out to be problematic" first of all I don't idolize celebrity so it would literally not be a problem for me to accept second of all I doubt that the Muppets

[moonlightsdream]

dramas watched in 2021: my roommate is a gumiho (tvn, 2021)

[rocktheholygrail]

Hannibal 3x13 - “The Wrath of the Lamb”

Happy TWOTL Anniversary! (August 29, 2015)

[theside-b]

1 ¾ cups of cuteness + 2 tablespoons of good humor

SUGAR DOG LIFE • シュガードッグライフ (2024)

[guzhuangheaven]

[grrrlsoverdramas]

In this household we love 1 (ONE!!) nerd.

[rumiroo]

Then don't say anything. You're only going to irritate me.

Annnnd there it is! *deep breaths* BITCH THIS AINT A FUCKING VACCATION!!! Holy hell do you not understand the concept of a marriage alliance???? Do you think yall are gonna flock around once you get to Jinxiu??? Or go on a grand tour of the place??? Do you seriously not understand how scary it can be to live alone, on enemy territory, especially as a woman with 0 survival skills or martial training??? Imagine Jingshi was anything like his brother???

This is a tentative alliance with so much riding on these peace negotiations. Each side is trying to leverage the other the best they can to ensure the safety of their own nation and people. Suige making a deal with the Jinxiu emperor to have Jingshi stay behind is not just a petty move he's pulled out of a desire for revenge! It's to guarantee his sister's safety and also ensure the enemy is right under their nose, where they can keep an eye on their next move. It's a delicate situation, and the fact that they even came out of this on top, with terms that benefit them from all sides, is an insane win!! The fuck fo you mean 'give him back his freedom'?????

Does it not occur to her that if he, living in enemy territory, is akin to being a bird in a cage, then reversing the situation, she will be the same when she reaches Jinxiu??? Yes, technically, the threat of your brother raining holy hell on them will keep them in check for a while. But once they decide to break the peace, you, as the Princess most beloved of the emperor, the empress, and Suige, will be the first hostage! I'm baffled that she isn't the least bit terrified of the consequence of leaving home like that????

The audacity to tell her brother she's disappointed in him after all that he's done for her??? The sheer idiocy of thinking my husband is going to be the only one on my side till the day I die??? I give it 6 months at best. And she'll be lucky if he even spends the night at her place on the wedding night or any other time thereafter!

[gabrielokun]

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

The most frustrating characters of all time are those who don't have clear motives and who the narrative itself doesn't seem to understand. This is what is wrong with the Princess of Susha.

To contrast her with the Empress. Both of them are a bit delusional, but the Empress makes way more sense. Yes, she helped kill the former empress, but then her husband treated her well and even appeared to favour her for years. Her thinking he loved/liked her has a rational basis. And then her killing the emperor was narratively satisfying because while the emperor's greatest crimes were not against her, he decided to keep people he knew were evil beside him just to torment his son. It's great that one of them killed him in the end when he thought he had everything under control. It's a good payoff. And it's rational. As much as she is about revenge in this scene, she also thinks she's saving her son/making him emperor.

Most importantly, the narrative always knew what she was, she's a villain, we are supposed to dislike her. All good.

Then we have the princess. She was incredibly delusional. She got herself into her own mess, but then instead of being sympathetic about it (I got myself in, now I feel remorse), she flipped to being vengeful. But her revenge was so shallow, especially in a show where people are avenging being shot in the heart, kept in a death camps, their entire family being killed etc. Was I really supposed to get that angry about a period man slapping his political marriage wife once? Or else I'm supposed to be mad that a guy who outright said he wouldn't love her didn't fall in love. I wasn't even mad about the prince trying to kill her eventually, because at that point she was trying to kill him, so fair is fair. But the drama was also trying to gaslight us into thinking he was horrible to her when he just wasn't.

And then finally, after episodes and episodes of watching her team up with a rapist, she finally admits that everything was her fault and her brother comes to take her back home. And honestly, I don't mind that, he is her family and he loves her. It's a bit annoying that Feng Suige tells the prince that he repaid kindness with cruelty because that's not really what happened, but whatever, her brother wasn't there for the whole crazy spiral.

But then they put her in charge of Susha, which is... like at what point during this drama did she display intelligence, morality, or responsibility? Has she learned her lesson so now she gets to have a kingdom? It just feels so random and also just irresponsible of Feng Suige, who definitely will become emperor because there is no way his sister can handle this. And her repentance was so sudden and kind of out of nowhere. I guess the pregnancy was the first consequence that really managed to touch her?

Anyway, generally she felt like this:

and that just wasn't fun or coherent to watch.

[hheartsdramas]

a straight shooter in every sense, our yixiao. she's never going to hide anything from him, even if he doesn't understand it in the moment.

[monacotrophywife]

note on the subtitle of "i missed you" -> what she said was "我放不下你" more literally translated as "I couldn't put you down" which I find even more romantic.

It wasn't just "I missed your presence,"

It's "I couldn't let you go, I cannot let you go, I'm incapable of it. I won't give up on you, I won't give up on us."

[hheartsdramas]

i love this so much!

english really is a stupid and limiting language, isn't it?

[tomorrowsdrama]

I was thinking that the directing style of Fated Hearts felt very familiar because of all the dramatic musical cues, spotlights,and close ups on the characters’ faces. Then I saw the ML and FL’s hair blowing in wind that seemed to have come out of nowhere and it finally clicked. Sure enough, when I checked MDL, it confirmed that this is the same team that did Story of Kunning Palace. It’s nice to see that they’re still employing their hardest workers in their dramas:

[natstarbuck]

[noonaenthusiast]

Fated Hearts 1x01

[lansjue]

Do you remember who I am? Half a smile, half a sneer - just like you. Feng Suige. Yes, it's me.

FATED HEARTS 一笑随歌 dir. Chu Yui Bun, Francis Nam, Gu Zhi Wei, 2025.