OUAT S7 E18 The Guardian
Added 2022-11-01 23:28:28 +0000 UTC
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Thank you!! I'm excited but sad, I can't believe we are here!
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2022-11-08 15:28:41 +0000 UTCI wish I could do them live! The only way to do it would be to do a watch along other wise I can't post it though.
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2022-11-08 15:27:30 +0000 UTCI think Tilly is great, and I thought at first the relationship was nice! But as it went on I just don't believe Robin lol
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2022-11-08 15:25:25 +0000 UTCi also really loved this episode!! i feel like it was much better paced and had much more depth than the last few episodes we have seen. i also am so sad that we are reaching the end!! but of course i’m excited for videos to come :) thank you for a great reaction jessie!! have a great weekend ❤️
hello6775
2022-11-05 02:30:26 +0000 UTCWe've come so far! I am so thrilled that you decided to watch it all the way through. So many gave up! Nobody is starting this show now, I guess its too old an too much of a commitment. So it really will be a sad good-bye, Thanks for hanging in there! Can't wait to binge the last 3 episodes with you! We should do it Live, if we knew you wouldn't get a copyright strike. Just binge them all together if live isn't possible. Can't wait~
Jennifer Clark
2022-11-03 07:23:54 +0000 UTCI'm surprised you don't think Alice and Robin have good chemistry. I think they have loads of it. The relationship that I wasn't a fan of was Ruby and Dorothy. That one was rushed and forced, and I didn't like it one bit. Alice and Robin's relationship feels totally natural, and I think both actresses make it work really well. But then again, Alice/Tilly is my favorite character from this season, so she can do no wrong in my book. :D
Steve C
2022-11-02 02:49:06 +0000 UTCThe Guardian- Thank you so much for another fantastic reaction for Once Upon a Time, Jessie!! I really enjoy this episode a lot too. And I do consider to be among my favorites this season, just like all of these final episodes! :) First, to help clarify what you seemed to have misunderstood as Belle was speaking to Rumple... It is spoken by Facilier to Rumple, that the beautiful place where Rumple goes to visit with Belle... the place that reminds you of the Day of the Dead... is a place where people come to in order to speak with the dead, as well as come in the hope of hearing their loved ones who have passed on speak with them. Which reveals that this place is a magical place, where Rumple comes often to speak with Belle, and in the hope of being able to hear her speak to him as well. So, when we hear Belle's voice speaking to Rumple in the ending, it isn't the dagger or the Darkness speaking in Belle's voice to mess with him. Go back and listen to Belle's words to Rumple again and listen closely. You thought that she was encouraging Rumple to give Alice the burden. However, Belle is actually reminding him of the good man he truly is, and she is pleading with him to believe that one day, he can find his way back to her, without burdening Alice or another person with the dagger and the immortality that comes with it. She encourages him to protect Alice. And this is why Rumple does the right thing and protects Alice, by taking back his burden of the Darkness and his dagger. I hope all of this makes sense. Also... I completely agree with you in regards to Robin, and the actress chosen to play her. Tiera Skovbye isn't all that great in this role. And this is one of my biggest reasons for not really caring too much about hers and Alice's/Tilly's relationship. These characters' actresses, Tiera Skovbye and Rose Reynolds have good chemistry with one another, and sometimes their characters can be cute together. But I just don't think that their characters are always so cute with one another. Because Tiera Skovbye isn't as great of an actress, whereas Rose Reynolds is fantastic! With this being said... I don't care so much for the moments between Alice and Robin within this episode. But I do love seeing Alice happy. And now... I really enjoy the opening scene with Rumple praying to Belle in front of her picture on the shrine he built for her. It's too bad he had to be interrupted by Facilier, which we learn is the first time the two of them meet. And I really like their confrontation and now seeing Rumplestiltskin as the Crocodile again. Like how in several episodes ago... back in The Eight Witch I believe, we see him once again as full on Crocodile throughout the backstory. Which allows for his scenes in that previous episode to make more sense. Sadly, we learn through Facilier, who can hear her speak to him, that Belle is afraid that Rumple might succumb once again to the Darkness, before he can finally rid himself of the dagger once and for all and be reunited with her. Also... I absolutely love seeing Wish Hook defend his daughter when Rumple is about to go up to her to begin testing her to see if she could be the Guardian. I am very happy to see Wish Hook fighting to protect his daughter from becoming immortal and taking on Rumplestiltskin's burden as the Guardian. Next... I enjoy all of the scenes between Rumple and Alice throughout this episode, because we get to see a little bit of the old Rumplestiltskin as he tempts Alice to fall into the Darkness to see if she's strong enough to pass the ultimate test... to refrain from killing one man in order to cure her father from the poison in his heart and so she and him can finally be together again. And thankfully, Alice refuses to kill. However, I was a bit worried when Rumple kept urging her to crush Facilier's heart. I almost couldn't tell if he really wanted her to do it, or if it was just a test, as it was. It's also very sad that Rumple convinces her to help him by lying to her about how crushing Facilier's heart, is the only way to save her father from the Curse of the Poisoned Heart. This is the second time someone has promised her they could help them be together again by curing her father's heart, because if you remember... Drizella had done so once before as well, shown back in the previous episode... Pretty in Blue. I had a feeling Alice wouldn't be able to do kill even Facilier, even for her father. Because she is pure of heart, which I could sense about her from the beginning of this season. And I really enjoy this part of the storyline. And then later... We get to see how the Guardian has the power to free Rumple from the Darkness. And just as she's about to, Rumple for the first time really makes the sacrifice himself to keep Alice from immortality. And I really love seeing how much he's really changed for the good. This is a beautiful scene. And the music throughout this scene really adds to its strength. Next... I am happy that this episode starts out directly after the previous episode, because we see Weaver and Rogers enter the interrogation room to find Nick dead. I certainly wasn't sad by Hansel's death at all. I find it interesting to watch the moment after, where Weaver orders Rogers to lockdown the place, then to have Rogers state that he's never seen Weaver scared before. Another way of Hook calling Rumplestiltskin a coward once again. It is a nice little nod back to Rumple's and Hook's rivalry all throughout seasons two through six. And then... we see Rogers go with Henry back to Nick's apartment to see if Henry can find the medical results that prove Henry is Lucy's father. I also really love how Rogers calls Henry his unofficial deputy. But then Drew makes an appearance and totally railroads Rogers to get away from them. I am glad that Rogers manages to catch him, in spite of Drew's attempt to escape. And I love how Drew's appearance only strengthens Rogers' tailspin about the mysteries and chaos going on in Hyperion Heights. Poor Rogers and Henry are really confused by all the strangeness going on around them. I think one of my least favorite parts of this episode outside of the scenes between Tilly and Margot... is that Regina says she's through with being friends with Weaver. However, I absolutely understand why she is so angry with him. Because Weaver certainly has always done everything for himself in the past. And now... they've learned that the dagger was safe with Tilly... the Guardian, all along. And this time, Rumple has ruined her efforts to save Henry. So, I definitely understand Regina's anger towards Rumple. It's just so sad. And now my favorite scene within this episode... is when we see Wish Hook reappear to Rumplestiltskin, who has become full on Crocodile by in the ending, and seeing Wish Hook show his gratitude for what Rumple has done to protect Alice, who must have told her father at some point after she told Rumple how she saw the true good in him like Belle always did. I love seeing Wish Hook offer out his hand to Rumplestiltskin in true friendship. This was something I really wish we could have gotten between Killian and Rumple back in Storybrooke. Wish Hook indicates that Killian no longer sees Rumple as a villain, and because it's stated in the previous episode... Beauty, that Killian and Emma had been invited to their baby's birthday party, it probably means that Killian and Rumple are now good friends too. I just wish we could have seen more of their friendship developed too. However, I'm grateful very much for this moment between Wish Hook and Rumple, because it shows us just how far both former villains have really come. Overall... I really love this episode. I wish there could have been more of Wish Hook, but my favorite scene between him and Rumple is enough to make me happy. :) Thank you so much, Jessie! I am so excited for your reactions for these last four episodes!! They are all among my favorites from this season as well! You're going to love them!! :) Thank you, Jessie! Sincerely, Heidi
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2022-11-02 01:01:25 +0000 UTC
