So just caught up with the latest two eps of OUAT....
To be honest, I fell behind, because shit was just not interesting me anymore. But tonight I was like oh whatever, might as well finish this season since I'm so far in now.
And whoa. I gotta hand it to you, OUAT, for knowing how to reel a viewer back in.
FINALLY. FINALLY! We get a little more action around here. I'm loving the "Return" episode, because Rumpels in there was just wonderful and sad and I really just love him now (and I already loved him a lot). And when he was confessing to August? I was both wincing (because I knew August wasn't Baelfire) and also just feeling the tears pour out because it was like OH MY GOD THIS SCENE IS SO TOUCHING AND SAD AND PERFECT AND BAWWW RUMPELS ILU U GIVE ME FEELS.
And then - AND THEN - We get the "Stranger". And uhhh, damn. This ep is even better than the last. (Aside from all the Regina moments, esp. with David - ugh that bitch can just go die because idek what she's up to now).
But THANK YOU AUGUST for being the THIRD character who knows the truth/tries to convince Emma. (Well, Huntsman was gonna get around to it, but he kinda didn't have a chance). By the way....why is it only the young hotter guys that remember stuff? All the girls and other people are all like lalala I live in ignorant bliss... I guess it's just to please girl viewers like me.
Anyhow. I was inwardly cheering the whole time August was trying to convince Emma....and for a moment I really believed it might have made an impact. For once. I mean how can you deny a wooden, sinewy leg that's all creepy green and yellow?!
But then - But then - Emma can't see it. SHE CAN'T EFFING SEE IT. And then suddenly she is rolling away from us again, "blinded by her own denial", and throws a big fat avalanche of disappointment on my face by breaking August's heart. She leaves August and thinks he's just crazy now too and she's like, NOPE, NOPE, CANT HANDLE THIS, YOU GUYS PICKED THE WRONG PERSON, CAN'T COPE, NOPE
Emma, Emma. WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BELIEVE IT ALREADY - THREE DAMN GUYS AND OTHER STRANGE EVENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRYING TO ENLIGHTEN YOU - PLUS YOUR OWN KID - DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TOO COINCIDENTAL THAT EVERYONE IS EQUALLY MAD AND BELIEVES IN THE SAME FAIRY TALES?? How can it be that one man claims to be the Hatter, one man claims to be Pinocchio and one man magically dies in your arms, if there isn't something to the whole storybook claim?! Blaaargh Emma, I'm starting to agree with August that you're a terrible savior. Cuz how are you gonna save your own son and your parents when you refuse to even see the real problem?? Oooooh you make me SO frustrated.
So come on girl. You made one improvement in trying to take back your son, but it's so small. Please make a big improvement now and just SEE THE TRUTH. Sincerely, a frustrated viewer.
Well, now that that's out of the way, let's talk about what I loved. I never thought I could love Pinocchio, let alone his story, so much like I do now (I mean he's just a wooden boy!) So OUAT writers, I must commend you - this story has touched me just like the Huntsman's did and it's like perfect now. Didn't know where August was gonna fit in originally (and honestly didn't care) but now you have changed me completely (just like you have made me ship Belle/Rumpel like mad!) and that's great! Now make every episode awesome like these two were, and we got a killer show!!
Anyhow, I like Pinocchio/August's character. I find him sexy now, even. O_O He was a sweet boy, and now he's probably the town/Emma's only REAL last hope too, because if he doesn't wake her up I can't see anyone else who will. Unless....Baelfire? Who knows.
(....And with that, do I hear the possibility of yet another hot mysterious guy showing up in Emma's life? This chick has it better than Bella from Twilight).
I also liked how this episode not only delved into Pino's story and who he really is, but also strung some new strings together by shedding more light on the past! I loved the jump back to the Pilot episode, where we begin to understand what REALLY took place that day everyone got cursed, and also how Emma ended up where she was. And can I say I just love how Pino, a regular wooden boy, ended up being the only other survivor from the curse with a little baby girl princess who would one day become the one to save his father? Now there's something totally cute and romantic and well....fairy-tale like.
That being said....ugh. OUAT writers, you sure make it hard for me. I was totally not shipping August/Emma at first but now...now I feel the tuggings on my shipper heartstrings....they're shipping!! But no! I must remain stuck fast to my original Huntsman/Emma shipping, because it happened first (and sorry but Jamie Dornan is just the hottest). B-But still, this ship is becoming awfully hard to not support too.... it suddenly became so cute and sweet.... so oh FINE I'll support it. What the heck. I'll take both August/Emma or Graham/Emma anyday.
(I love both their names too.... Graham and August... ugh Emma is too lucky).
Still, since we know Huntsman WILL be coming back (I think) I have a feeling we might end up with Graham/Emma in the very end (unless he dies again or something). Because these two actually HAD feelings for each other, and revealed them, and Emma warmed up to him best out of everyone, and they kissed. Like. A million times or something. And he died in her arms. And he was suuuuuch a sad tragic character. And he's hot. I feel like, August/Emma is a good substitue, because August is cute too and has a really good case in that, what better romance story could there be than the young boy who entered a world with you, took care of you, and then came back to find you 28 yrs. later? But can it compare to how Emma wouldn't even exist.... if Graham hadn't spared her mother in the first place?
Ah! This gets more conflicted and complicated the more I think about it. Maybe August/Emma works better years-wise, since they were both children together, but Emma and August don't have the same spark of chemistry that Graham/Emma did (or not AS much - it is there). Mainly I think this is because August is just frustrated right now because he's dying and this dumb woman refuses to even believe him, and Emma on the other hand is like OMG he's just another crazy bloke from Crazytown. Whereas, Huntsman was kinda crushing on Emma the whole time, and needed her to feel real, and also feel like he had a heart, and Emma was just kinda like hmmm he's hot and kinda... weird.... but hot.
OK WHATEVER. I SHIP EM BOTH. I LOVED THIS EPISODE BECAUSE IT MADE ME APPRECIATE AUGUST SO MUCH LIKE YOU HAVE NO IDEA. He has helped fill in a bit of that void I've had ever since Graham died.
But when Graham comes back....hoo boy. Wonder how that'll play out. Maybe they should just have a threesome?
And lastly....I just want to point out my appreciation for the writers also twisting the storyline so that we can't blame Emma altogether, and I can't hate her completely. Because apparently, August is partly to blame for all this when he left her alone as a child, and didn't raise her with the mindset of the "savior" like he was supposed to. Rather, he ran off and forgot his duties and forgot Emma and had a grand 28 yrs. being a hot motorcyclist. And so that's why Emma's so screwed up now. That's why she's soooo ingrained in disbelief, because she was raised by regular modern people in a world without magic, and now she thinks everyone in Storybrooke is just loony. So I guess, August, in a way, you kinda deserve that bum leg right now. I don't want you to be in pain, but even you admit you've sort of messed up a bit.
But it's not too late! Keep trying to wake Emma up! Your leg will be fine then, I know it.
And that also makes August suddenly one of the rather more important characters, a person who didn't even show up in the first half of the season. Because he's got a bigger part to play in defeating the curse than I could have imagined. He can still do what he was supposed to do. And it's twists like these that make me still want to keep watching, and have returned love for this show back to me.
Cue finales and Huntsman return time already!! I can't wait!
