Silence Isn't Always Golden
OUAT: A Land Without Magic (spoilers below)

I have so many feels. That was just everything I wanted in the season finale. That was just wow.

Charming is just so badass. I love him. David, i’m iffy about. But Charming all of that determination, that ass-kicking, take no prisoners mentality just ooh…. It tingles.

While I’d hoped for more of Graham, what I got I loved. 

Dr. Whale you are creepy as fuck. There’s something about you I don’t like.

Flashback, yes! Emma believes! *happy dance* I don’t care that it took getting hit with the clue stick, like a magical 2x4 to the head. 

Aw, yeah! Smack down! The only way it could have been better was if she’d delivered a more thorough ass kicking.

I don’t buy that about face. Regina’s got something up her sleeve. This is all Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold’s fault. Yeah, okay. Shift the blame to someone else. I see what you’re doing there. 

Emma, please remember that no one forced you to make your deals with Mr. Gold. He might have (probably) manipulated you. But in the end the choice was always yours. Just like it was Regina’s. Just because she got outplayed, doesn’t mean she wasn’t playing the same game.

Oh, Graham again. Hello, beautiful. Regina you don’t treat something so beautiful, so roughly. (unless he likes it)

Charming, you brave fool. The Dark One’s gonna hand you your ass. Still, I love that you won’t back down. That’s my boy.

David realizing that he’s been acting like a pussy. Owning it, and apologizing for it and wanting to make it better. But also accepting that in the end it’s Mary Margaret’s choice. MM, I know he pissed you off but don’t let him go.

Our friend in the basement for a moment I thought…. But then dismissed it. He’d never have let Regina get away it.

So very clever, Mr. Gold. Just to see the lengths you’ve gone to. The plans within plans you’ve carefully manipulated. The strings you’ve pulled and are still pulling. Brilliant.

I see what you did there, Mr. Gold. You’ve given them the answer. Not your fault if they didn’t understand the question.

Regina, I’m sorry. I don’t buy that you love Henry. And if you do, it’s a selfish love. The kind you feel for something you own. That you feel is owed to you.

Oh, hi Jefferson. so pretty. I’m glad your back too. 

Poor Jefferson. You never learn. You just keep making bad choice after bad choice. Regina is not a good person. She doesn’t care about anyone except her self. Of course, she’s not gonna give a fig about you or your daughter. Still…{{hugs}}

Of course, you go running to him now. *grumbles*

Oh! oh! oh! *sobs* August, poor baby!! Damn it, Emma. All my feels. My poor broken heart. 

sobs

Hey, Maleficent. Ah, damn this is not going to end well. 

Henry and MM, just make me… *sniffle* Hold on Henry. Emma’s getting her shit together.

Woah, basement time. What, who? Jefferson!! Aw, yeah. It’s bout to be on up in here. *bouncing with glee*

oh

Find Mr. Gold. Tell him Regina locked you up. He’ll protect you. You done started some shit now.

Rumpelstiltskin, I love your style. You truly are a magnificent bastard.

Ouch! Damn it! I feel bad for Maleficent. She didn’t allow her thirst for vengeance to blind her. She learned to move the fuck on. And what does she get… stabbed by the savior. Short end of the stick, damn it.

Yeah, fairy tale ending for Snow and Charming. That’s how you do it. Go Charming!

While I don’t know why he’s there, I do know it means no good for you Emma. I can’t even be mad at you. He’s got everybody dancing to his tune.

Just get back to the hospital Henry needs you. 

Blue Fairy, bearer of bad news. I don’t think I like you.

Awww, Mr. Gold and Belle. That’s just… *sniff*

Hurry, up Emma. Henry needs his momma. You know what to do.

Yes!!!! I wasn’t even worried. Emma was all Henry needed. Mr. Gold already said so.

Oh, yeah! **happy dance** Curse broken. You lose, Regina! Run, heifer. Run.

Regina, I ain’t buying what you selling. You love, Henry. Maybe. Even if you do, it’s a selfish love. Not the way a mother loves her child. I don’t think your capable of it. You believe Henry’s yours. You don’t want anyone else to have him.

You remind me of that Solomon parable, about the two mothers. They’ve both recently had children. One of the babies dies, both mothers are claiming the remaining baby. Solomon offers to literally split the baby. The baby’s real mother says no, the lying one says okay. A real mother would rather give her child up then see him harmed. She would sacrifice her own needs, her own desires for the sake of the child. You’ve not done that once. 

Your need to keep the curse going. To be rid of Emma. To punish Snow is always, always your first choice. 

All that aside, your still Evil. Who said evil can’t love in it’s own twisted way.

Aww, Belle remembered. 

Mr. Gold, what are you doing? I don’t think that’s a good idea. Oh, definitely bad. Very bad.

Don’t even feel sorry for ya, Regina. You brought it all on your self. And now, you crying pity me.

Aww, naw. Hell, naw. What’s this shit? Mr. Gold, you got some explaining to do.

There! That right there, Regina. See, I knew your ass was wrong. That smirk. Bitch, get on.

So, how long till next season?

When all is said and done, I’m still rooting for Mr. Gold. Regina still ain’t done shit to redeem herself. She loves Henry….. and?

Your choices make you. All her choices… her choicesno matter what/how Rumpelstiltskin has manipulated things are still her choices. Sowing misery is her bread and butter. 

She’s no innocent victim. You can’t make her one. She chose the dark path and ain’t turned back since. 

Now, if you love her cause she’s evil. Own that. But don’t try to make her the wronged one.

Mr. Gold, I’m not liking his life choices at the moment. But who’s to say why he did what he did. We won’t know till next season. I’m still betting his reasons are better than Regina’s (whose like a spoiled two year throwing a tantrum).

It’s gonna be a long summer.

OUAT: An Apple Red as Blood (spoilers below)

Oh, I have all these feels.

Henry, kid. You rock. You’ve got a lot of your Grandpa in you.

Regina… I just can’t with you. I have no sympathy for you. I can not empathize with you. I wish you’d build a bridge and get the fuck over it.

Mr. Gold you Magnificent Bastard you. I salute you. So, very well played. And oooh travel plans… awww!!! You’re going to search for Baelfire! 

Regina you not so smart are you? You still thinking this is about Emma. That it’s only her you have to deal with? Oh, so sad. You’re still playing checkers, while Mr. Gold is playing 3D Chess.

Mary Margaret, the closer the curse comes to breaking the more Snow peeks through. And I love the bitchslapping you been doing. Keep it up. thumbs up

Oh, hello there. You are so very pretty. Jefferson, love. Desperation is not a good look on you. But I understand. {{hugs}}

Charming… *sniff* He felt that. Oh. *sniff*

Snow and Charming, your poor things. Be strong.

August, ohhh *sobs* *sobs* My heart.

Archie, you are a wise man. I’m glad you found your backbone.

Emma, as disappointed as I am that you’re so deliberately obtuse. I applaud you. You do what’s best for your child. Because you’ve got blinders on your not making the best choice. But… from what you’re working with you chose Henry. You put him first. I don’t care what anyone says, Regina hasn’t. Whether we’ve seen what drives Henry’s belief or not… something about or in Regina drives that child away. It could just be all the hate in her heart.

So, she gave up her ring. She didn’t do it to keep Henry. She did it to keep the curse going. She wanted a away to keep the curse from breaking. It was no sacrifice. This bitch has killed her father, a beloved pet… who the fuck knows what else. What the hell is a ring? What she did was let her desire for revenge fuel the curse. What was one more thing in her quest to make everyone miserable? 

Henry. You are a hero. All those things, you said to Emma when she tried to run away. You are all those things. You could have run away with Emma. Be with the mother you’ve always wanted. You could have just trashed the stupid turnover. That you’d make the sacrifice not once, but twice is so awesome.

Regina, don’t you know better than to gloat. It always bite you in the ass.