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Tag: 6×02 A Bitter Draught
It’s definitely time for a movie night.
The way she looks at him. The way he notices she’s looking at him. The way they smile at each other *pines*
I’m the savior. And the savior can’t take a day off? If I don’t help people then who am I?
together.
Killian Jones, you don’t see yourself clearly.
6×02 | 5×08 | 4×12
YAAAAAAAASSSSSS
I feel like the sane members of this fandom have been given a few gifts from the writers and showrunners of OUAT so far this season:
Zelena and Regina’s exchange in 6×01: Zelena comes right out and counters Regina blaming her for Robin’s death by suggesting Emma is to blame for bringing them all to the Underworld. “I CHOSE to go,” Regina answers. May we never again have to hear how Emma/Killian/CS is to blame for Robin’s death.
Killian’s acknowledgment of striking Belle in 6×02: This is huge. It hasn’t been forgotten. It hasn’t been swept under the rug. It wasn’t retconned. He acknowledged it, he sought forgiveness for it, and he admitted that he is still struggling to forgive himself for ever doing it. And the way he spoke of it, the obvious shame and disgust he felt – this kind of action was clearly one he did not and would not regularly engage in. HUGE. May we never again have to put up with people claiming Killian Jones is a woman beater.
Belle forgiving Killian in 6×02: This one goes out to all the folks claiming that Belle and Killian don’t make sense as friends or that their friendship is somehow dangerous or harmful to Belle. Both of them acknowledged that he did some rotten things to her in the past. Belle confirmed that he has changed a lot since then, and that she’s forgiven his past misdeeds. He confessed that he is still trying to make up for those misdeeds, and is struggling to forgive himself for them, even with her forgiveness. This is not a problematic friendship. This is one of the show’s primary narratives – of second chances and redemption – done right. It not only makes perfect sense, it is an excellent standard that others’ behaviors can be measured against. We see a lot of people on this show giving second chances with suspicious or bitter undercurrents… and a lot of villains getting those second chances who don’t deserve them or squander them. Neither of those things are happening here. May we never again have to defend Captain Book from this nonsense again.
Kinda looking forward to whatever truth bombs they lob at us in 6×03…
“A bitter draught, slow and painful.” – 6×02, overview, speculation and other stuff
I think this line sort of summarizes where Regina might be at right now. It’s a nice correlation between the poison you ingest and the one that lives inside, especially in the way the EQ talked to Regina after Edmond’s death.
I actually didn’t think 6×02 was that bad an episode.
Like 6×01 though, it was an episode that was setting up the story. There was a
lot of exposition.
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