Day 343: The New Neverland

While it's later than normal for my usual Monday watching of Once Upon a Time, it is that time again, thankfully! This week's episode was...interesting, I suppose. Kind of made me angry and happy all at the same time.

So Spoiler Alert starts now for Episode 3x10: The New Neverland

This week starts out with Eric and Ariel, which was cute...and then the scene that I've been waiting two months for: the return to Storybrooke. It was every bit as cute and wonderful as one could imagine, and it's just weird to finally see it after so long. I mean, I saw spoiler pictures for this back at the end of like October or whenever it was that they filmed it. I've known for so long who would for sure be returning. Actually I remember when I first saw it and Neal wasn't there and I was like "Good he dies" and then there finally was one with him and I was like "DARN YOU NEAL!" We'll come back to this.

I have to say the best moment of the entire return was the Darling Family being reunited. I legit almost cried this second time I watched it.

Throwback to the Enchanted Forest at the time of Snow and Charming's Honeymoon. Ok, as much as I sometimes hate these two, Charming is quickly climbing back up my favorite character list. They were pretty darn adorable. Just so cute. Grumpy didn't think so though. Because yes, trying to capture Medusa is such a wonderful idea.

Out on the docks of Storybrooke, Panry is being evil. He plays his part well, punishing Felix to make it seem like he's really Henry. Because yeah, Emma will never catch on even though she can easily tell when someone is lying. Even Pan in Henry's body won't fool her for long. We get some Rumbelle moments too, because well, we've had tons of CaptainSwan (although not in recent weeks), and some SwanFire, and of course the other half of this episode is all Snowing, so I suppose those Rumbelle shippers need some stuff too.

And then it's like "Ok, we've been in Neverland with one set of clothes, no showers, running around in the jungle for a week, so let's not take a shower...but instead go to a nice party." This part just kills me. Weeks and weeks and weeks ago I was like "Hook's gonna back off, because he loves Emma and wants what's best for her, not for him, so he's gonna leave her to be with Neal." Turns out I was right. Although yes, he is a devilishly handsome pirate.

So Neal goes and asks Emma out on a date, one that both Snow and Charming believe she should go on because she deserves it for herself. But Emma, being the smart one she is, decides that she doesn't want to do that, at least not now. She just got Henry back, and even though that's true, she doesn't feel that two hours later is a good time to start up her love life again. So Emma picks up Henry to go to bed, but Panry decides that he wants to stay with Regina. Emma knows something is up, already.

Then we get this really creepy scene where Panry is looking through Henry's room to try and learn how to be normal Henry. Too bad he totally ruins it by asking Regina about "The Vault." He comes up with an excuse, and Regina falls for it. Doesn't have the same lie detector as Emma I guess. But I do like this scene because Regina is giving up magic. Like she really seems to want what's best for Henry, and it's a nice parallel to last week and development in her character. We didn't really have a lot of that in Season 1, so I'm happy that we're getting it now. Oh yeah...also, Panry is all interested in magic and it's time. So he summons up that shadow of his that was still on the Jolly and now it's flying about town. Wonderful.

Once again in the Enchanted Forest, and still on their honeymoon, Snow and Charming are out hunting Medusa because when you look into her eyes you turn to stone. So Snow is like "Let's cut off her head and use her to turn Regina to stone so she can't hurt any of us." Charming knows something is up though, about why this is so important to Snow.

Back to Storybrooke, Rumple's brought the cure for the dreamshade to Charming, on the house...and someone in the "future favor" business. Still, it's cool. And Charming drinks it and then is all "I'm gonna act funny to make everyone think that I'm dying but really I'm not and I'm just hilarious like that." Cute Charming. Cute. Except Emma didn't listen to them...Neal's sitting alone at one of the other booths.

Emma, smart smart Emma, is down by the shore just chilling. Charming of course comes to find her, wondering if she's ok. She's worried about Henry, because obviously she can see right through Panry. Bad things seem to keep happening and she's sick of it, and Charming thinks that it's just a matter of good and bad moments. He thinks eating with Neal would be a good moment, so he somehow convinces Emma to go with him to Grannies so she can do so. But we do get a couple of great Charming lines, such as when Emma asks if he's just doing this to keep her away from someone else...like Hook, to which Charming replies, "You think I'm interested in Hook? Emma, I'm a married man!"

Meanwhile we have a hurt Hook looking to try and forget Emma. So he's all "Tink, you're here and I'm here" but she's not having it. Honestly the entire seen was pretty good, as much as I may want to hit Hook in the head, because it was done so well. Even if he is basically flirting with Tink, it's not the same. It's not his normal innuendo. He just looks and sounds sad. Honestly though, this entire CaptainSwan arc is matching up with the Snow and Charming love story quite nicely. I mean, Snow took that potion to try and forget Charming so she could let him live and have the best life possible. Hook is only doing the same, only it's for more than Emma, it's for Henry too.

But Emma never actually has a chance to have lunch with Neal because they all hear screaming. We get a great moment outside Granny's though, where Emma asks about if Hook and Tink were having a moment, in which Tink is all "No" and Hook is just like "Perhaps." Jealous much, Emma? Anyway, the screaming? It's Blue, dying because the shadow is ripping her shadow off. Back in the Enchanted Forest Charming and Snow aren't having any better luck with Medusa. They're losing...and then Charming turns into stone. I was really hoping that Josh Dallas would reply to my tweet about how whether being turned into stone was like being frozen in Carbonate. As a fellow Harrsion Ford Fangirl I thought he would appreciate it, but it probably just got lost in all the tweets.

Anyways, so Regina and Emma aren't on the best terms because Emma is a bit jealous that Henry (Panry technically) asked to stay with Regina, and that's rubbing off the wrong way and a whole bunch of stuff. Either way, I have one comment: THE RED JACKET IS BACK! THANK THE MAKER! I absolutely can't wait to see the Yellow Bug's return soon!

Snow's still trying to fight off Medusa, and Regina finds her in the mirror side of the shield that Charming previously thew at the creature. Regina's pretty happy about the fact that Snow is destroying her own happiness. Snow proves that she's smart though, pulling off the outer parter of the shield and using it as a mirror to trap Medusa by making her look in her own eyes. Charming is freed from his stone prison, and all is well...kind of. Also, I love the Frederick reference! Good job OUAT writers!

Emma and the gang (ok, right now her parents) head to Rumple to get Pandora's box because they need to let Pan out to kill him. How will they do that? Take him across the town line and shoot him of course. Because that makes sense. Too bad Henry is in Pan's body. But it's all good, as much as everyone is telling Emma to shoot him, she's got this. She knows when a person is lying. So she tells him to say something only Henry would know. Emma asks him about the first time they connected, back at his castle in Season 1, when she told him about why she wanted to give him up. Emma has found Henry for reals. Yay! Hugs for Robbie Kay (that's Peter Pan for those of you who don't know)!

Oh wait...Panry is still out there. In Regina's Vault to be precise. And he's evil...putting a curse spell thing on Regina to make her fall asleep. This whole part was a great parallel to last week as well, considering it was in the same place as baby Henry in the last episode. Oh Panry you're so ruthless.

Ahh back to the Enchanted Forest and Snow and Charming's honeymoon...where Snow is all "I want to start a family," but she doesn't want to bring a child into a world where Regina is gonna constantly be a problem. But she was wrong, and she doesn't want to wait any more, because there's always going to be problems. She wants to make a good moment...just like Charming was suggesting about Emma and Neal earlier in the episode.

So now Emma and the Gang, everyone this time, is having a party in the graveyard (seriously...they had a Midnight Pizza Party while filming). Emma decides that her parents are wrong, about the whole good/bad moment thing. Her magic has a price...the price of being the savior is that she doesn't get a day off. Meanwhile Rumple gets the door open and they find Regina down because of Panry. Well that's just great. Rumple brings her back to the world from her little nap and all is...well, not so well. Except the real Henry (in Pan's body) is telling the truth about how he needs Regina still. Rumple, on the other hand, is finding what's missing: the curse.

Yes, THE curse. The one that took everyone from the Enchanted Forest and brought them to Storybrooke. Panry is intending to cast the curse a second time...and this time even Emma will be powerless. Everyone will forget who they are, time will stand still, and Panry will be in charge. Storybrooke will be The New Neverland.

And so that brings us to next week: the winter finale. Oh gosh, 11 weeks after this of no new Once? That's gonna be hard. Good thing it looks like we get a legitimate intense CaptainSwan moment next week. I mean, that shot of Hook and Emma was pretty interesting.......

I mean, I guess at least this week Hook was in it for more than a little line here and there. It's nice to have him around a bit more, with a couple of scenes that were specifically about him. Oh...and both of those scenes had to do with Emma. Just saying. Granted, I suppose all of Neal's scenes had to do with Emma too, but I'm just gonna hope that something changes next week (I seem to say this every week). CaptainSwan will happen eventually...just not today. Next Sunday though...like I said...that might just change.

 

This week's OUAT Disneybound? Regina! Honestly her wardrobe, especially in season 1, is basically just business attire, which made it both easy and difficult all at the same time. Easy because, well, I was in FBLA for three years, so I certainly have some business attire. But it's colder here than in Storybrooke right now (no joke, it is...Steveston is warmer), and we have a couple inches of snow...so a skirt and heels wasn't exactly fun. But that's ok! Next week's is one I'm super excited about again! Hopefully I'll have everything to do it!



Here's today's Disney History: 1994: The Tomorrowland Terrace, a restaurant in Disney World's Tomorrowland, reopens as Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe.

Have a magical day!

A Note: Yes, I will be updating the past few days I have missed. It's finals week, so I'm pretty busy.

Day 336: Save Henry

FINALLY!

Yes, it's once again a Monday, and you all know what that means (honestly if you don't then you need to pay more attention to this blog...or my twitter...or facebook...or anything honestly, unless you're just getting here, then I guess you can be excused).

So, two weeks ago we ended with a bit of a problem...Henry's dead. I guess that's probably not good considering they all came to Neverland and almost died multiple times now to save him. But considering the title of tonight's episode, I think we all kind of predicted what will be happening. Anyway, if you haven't seen this episode yet, here's your warning!

SPOILERS FOR ONCE UPON A TIME EPISODE 3X09: Save Henry

This week's episode starts out with a flashback to, sort of, Season 1. It seems to me that we come back to the wedding of Snow and Charming and that fateful day all the time...as well as the birth of Emma, which is where we are now. Regina is hanging with Rumple in his little underground cave, where she gloats and he warns her about her new problem that she'll eventually have based on the hole in her heart from killing her father, Henry.

Oh, and Rumple sings a song. That was pretty entertaining if I do say so myself.

So then we go back to Neverland, where Pan is doing his little creepy flying thing and the parents are trying to figure out if Henry is dead. Emma tries to stab Pan, but we all know he can go from one place to another with just a thought, so that doesn't seem to work. She eventually nicks him though, causing Regina to figure out that "If we can hurt him we can kill him." Ok then.

11 years previous, Archie and Regina are having a chat about how angry Regina has been lately, and Archie figures that it's because she has no one to share her life with. I'm pretty sure he's right because she lives in a giant house all by herself and has done so for 11 years. Plus, when Owen came last season she was kind of weird around him. So what does Regina do? Goes to Gold, of course! Who else would you go to to get your a baby?

Regina seems a bit unsure about whether or not she can be a mother, and Rumple kind of goes into that too, mentioning that you must put your child first. Flash forward to Regina putting a preservation spell on the now dead Henry. Regina is all "My son!" and Emma is all "Our Son!" and then Regina kind of freaks out and is like "You have everything! I only have Henry!" so Emma puts her in charge. Although I have to say, I really enjoyed the part where Regina was like "The pirate who pines for you!" Bahaha, made me laugh.

So they take dead Henry and head to Pan's camp, where Hook and Tink have all the Lost Boys tied up to trees and stumps and such. Makes it easy for them I suppose. Regina feels like threatening them, but Emma stops her and decides they need to appeal more to the side of the lost children who want a mother. I guess Emma would know something about that, being thrown in the wardrobe and everything. They try this approach, and it works, except for Felix, but it's ok, Hook's keeping him in line.

Head back 11 years ago, where Rumple has found Regina a baby for adoption in Boston. So Regina heads to Boston and we finally, FINALLY, meet Baby Henry! I don't know about you guys, but I don't think I've ever gone "Awww" so many times in one episode of Once Upon a Time. I mean Baby Henry is ADORABLE! I actually heard a rumor about him too, that Baby Henry is actually Colin's son, Evan, but I haven't heard for sure either way. She takes him back to Storybrooke and we find out that Regina is actually a pretty terrible mother, as Henry just will not stop crying. So she takes him to Doctor Whale, who is all "if you want me to run tests on your new baby you have to contact the birth mother." UH OH! Also, Mary Margaret is a great mom apparently!

Regina contacts Sydney (who I'm happy to see back, even if only via phone!), and he finds out that Henry's mom's name is Emma...who also happens to have been found in the forest outside Storybrooke 18 years ago. Even bigger UH OH! Regina's mad and confronts Gold, who is all "What?" because he doesn't know and Regina storms out with Henry.

Back in Neverland, everyone's split up again, because that works. Regina, Emma and Mary Margaret head to find Pan at his tree, but IT'S A TRAP! Like seriously, it's bad news. They find out about how Pan is Rumple's father and then Emma is like "My family just got more messed up." Ok, she didn't say it, but she was totally thinking it. Turns out the tree is based on regrets, and Regina doesn't have any of that, so they get free, Regina grabs Pan's (I mean Henry's) heart and the box with Rumple and they head back to the Jolly!

So they put Henry's heart in Henry, and he wakes up and all is well and Hook is all adorable (honestly I felt like in that moment when he was like "Only the best for our guest of honor, Captain's Quarters," it showcased just how much Hook actually does care. He would probably offer the quarters either way, but there's just this sincerity in his voice that makes it wonderful!) and all seems to be well.

Previously, as in 11 years ago, Regina brings Henry into the crypt and makes herself a potion and drinks it so she can forget all about how Emma is Henry's birth mother. She also tells an adorable story, and I think this part really does show how much Regina loves him. That's what this episode is about, after all, how much Regina loves Henry. It's all about Henry!

So we go to the Captain's Quarters with Regina and Henry, and I have to say that Hook has some serious decorating skills. I love the pillows on his bed. Like...a lot. It looks super comfy! Regina puts a spell on Henry so no one can steal his heart ever again...because that's not foreshadowing. Yeah, a minute later guess who shows up, Pan.

Meanwhile Neal and Rumple have a moment up on deck. Cute, but Hook has no one, so less cute. Anyway, down below Pan is trying to steal Pan's shadow but that fails and then some other weird stuff happens and Rumple traps Pan in the box. They make it so the shadow is attached to the sails of the Jolly and it flies again! Oh...and Hook says something: "As You Wish, Milady." AHHHH!

Wendy gives Tink some Pixie Dust, Neal and Henry have a talk up on the deck, Regina and Tink have a chat as well, and Tink makes the dust glow cause she believes in herself. So then Henry brings Felix some food, but Felix is angry. But Peter Pan never fails...wait, what? What did Henry just say? Oh darn! PETER PAN IS IN HENRY! HENRY IS IN PETER PAN! THEY'VE SWITCHED BODIES!

Now, let's play! Oh...and here's one more picture of Baby Henry, in case you didn't have enough before!

In honor of tonight's episode, I'm sure you could guess who my Disneybound would be. I was actually quite excited about this one, and have been for weeks now. My Henry outfit was pretty legit, I mean, I had the black peacoat, the grey shoes (basically the same ones he wears at one point), jeans, a plaid shirt and a Henry scarf that my mom made me specifically for this outfit (and that I will now wear every so often in rotation with my other winter scarves. 

 

Here's today's Disney History: 1984: Twenty-year-old Margarita Granados gives birth to a baby girl at Disneyland! Nine months pregnant, she gives birth while waiting for her husband Juan...who is riding Space Mountain. It is only the second birth in Disneyland history. 

Have a magical day!

Day 322: Think Lovely Thoughts

Previously on Once Upon a Time...that's what I hear every Sunday and then every Monday as I watch Once on TV and then Hulu. So yeah, previously, a lot of crap happened, and Peter Pan is evil and Henry is under his control basically and everyone is in Neverland and there's a love triangle and I was really hoping for some CaptainSwan this week.

SO....SPOILER ALERT FOR 3x08: Think Lovely Thoughts

We begin this week with a flashback that a lot of people have been waiting for for a very long time: Rumple's Father. I've actually known that this was for sure coming for months now. It was one of the confirmed things for this season before the season actually began, stuff that also included a backstory on Hook, which we obviously already got (and I still watch almost weekly). So here's little Rumple and his father, Colin (although I don't think they actually ever say his name in the episode. I may be wrong though, but that IS his name. Funny, huh?) Rumple's father is a coward, like Rumple himself (and Bae if you ask me...they're all cowards. Not a good chain to be born into Henry...), and is gambling. Some people figure it out though and so Rumple has to see his father be beat up all the time.

Meanwhile Wendy and Pan are still lying to Henry, Regina has a chat with Rumple, Rumple's father sends Rumple to learn about spinning wheels and on Neverland with Emma and the Gang, Emma and Mary Margaret have a chat about who's staying on Neverland. Emma is not very happy about the fact that her family will be split up again (my brain asks if this family now includes Hook, because I think it should no matter what). But of course Neal is around when they stumble upon Rumple and Regina, and the truth about the prophecy is let out. Personally I think that Rumple is truly trying to save Henry. Like Hook I believe that Rumple can change. He obviously wasn't always bad, so I think he's trying to be that good person either way. Oh, and I missed the party where Rumple's dad gave little Rumple the doll that we saw earlier in the season. More on that later.

On a side note, I LOVED how Hook was the last one to raise his sword against Rumple. He didn't bristle at the fact that his mortal enemy was there. No, he stood untied because of HENRY. Good job Hook. That's Good Form right there. 

Back to the backstory, the two creepy old ladies that Rumple's dad left him with (they have connection somewhere to some fairytale but I honestly can't figure out what it is), tell Rumple that while he has real natural talent at the spinning wheel, he cannot live with his father and not be looked upon with shame. He must instead travel to another realm. So they give Rumple a magic bean. Huh, funny how those keep popping up. 

In Neverland everyone is arguing with Rumple. That seriously takes up about 5-10 minutes of this entire episode. Honestly I am not a HUGE Rumple fan but I hate everyone for totally ignoring him, especially Neal. I mean, I guess there's tension everywhere, and the whole abandoning thing, but does Henry really hate Emma THAT much for abandoning him? I mean, I guess everything is all different, but still. The only one I'll let slide is Hook...partly because he's my favorite and partly because...well...the whole Milah thing really wasn't fair. 

Rumple's dad is still a coward in the old Enchanted Forest, and Little Rumple isn't very happy about that. I think it's AWESOME how they paralleled this entire part with Rumple and Bae. It seriously makes me happy because that's a great portion of storytelling. Of course, Rumple's reaction when Bae shows up with a bean is a bit different from his dad's reaction when he brings a bean, but still. So, can you guess where they decide to go? 

Neverland. 

No one saw that one coming, now did they? Actually I think we ALL saw that one coming. Anyway, so yes, they jump in a portal and go to Neverland. Because that was so easy, right?  

So now we have the whole two minutes of Hook and Emma conversation...which has nothing really to do with Hook and Emma. Ok, it has a little bit. So Emma pulls Hook back and is asking him about David leaving the island. The silver lining here? She asks about his brother. One sentence...but hey! We'll take anything! So then Rumple walks in and is all "Unless there was a cure," and then he goes on about how there is a cure or he can make one because he had it before and so on and so forth. But they're there: at Pan's camp. So my favorite moment of the night happens, when Rumple is all "I'm gonna borrow this" and just take's Hook's sword and comments about his good looks and then Hook is all "ummm" and so Charming throws a sword at Hook "in case his good looks fail him." Bromance right there. 

Also, I'd like to comment that the only thing Neal has is the coconut with the shadow. How is that helpful when you're in a fight? 

So Emma and the Gang go into Pan's camp but Henry and Pan aren't there, but Wendy is, and they rescue her, kind of. And so they all have a nice little chat, while in the Enchanted Forest Rumple and his dad make it to Neverland...where after a failed attempt at a crow, his father lands in a faceplant after a failed attempt at flying. 

What does Wendy say though? HENRY'S GONNA DIE. HE WILL DIE. So then we see Pan and Henry rowing into the Skull Cave. Now, as a person who loves all these classic fairytales, I adore that this is where this is all going to go down. I mean, there's seriously no better place. Pan puts a protection spell at the bottom of the steps so no one with a shadow can get through. Which we later find out to mean everyone other than Rumple. 

Then everyone splits up. Charming and Snow are gonna go get water from Dead Man's Peak to bring back and cure Charming. Hook and Tink (much to my dissapointment) are gonna stay behind and guard the lost boys. Emma, Neal, Regina and Rumple are all going to go save Henry. I assume Wendy is just chilling with Hook and Tink. 

In the really distant past Neverland, Rumple and his dad are trying to find Pixie Dust...which is apparently in some trees. If that's the truth WHY COULDN'T EVERYONE ELSE FIND SOME!?! Unless he used all of it. Ok, I guess that makes sense...but still. Little Rumple is scared and doesn't want to climb the tree so he stays at the bottom while his dad climbs. But while up near the top he meets someone, the shadow. AND THE SHADOW IS SO CREEPY AND I LOVE IT!!!! Oh they did a WONDERFUL job with the Shadow!!!! 

Emma and her Smaller Gang are headed to the Skull and find the cursed staircase, which Rumple can get through but no one else can because they all have Shadows. So now it's Rumple's job alone to go and rescue Henry. Because that will end well. 

But the parents aren't very happy about this, so Regina and Emma figure out that if they block the moonlight they can get through...but they have to work together to use their magic. Ok, now, my entire Once Party that gets together every week was all holding up our hands. We were helping too!!! 

Up in the top of the Skull Cave Henry is learning lies from Pan, because Pan is just a jerk. Henry is kind of a jerk too, but more on that in a minute. Rumple and his dad are arguing, because that's what they do. See, his dad is not very happy about the fact that he's not a child, and that needs to change, and in order to do that, he needs to get rid of Rumple. Hence, abandonment. Hence...PETER PAN. 

Yes, Rumple's father is Peter Pan. As if this entire family tree could not get more messed up than it already was. IT JUST DID. And then, the shocker. Pan switched the Pandora's Boxes. My entire party was like "GASP." Actually it was quite entertaining. I see a lot of spoilers and I NEVER saw that one coming. That was truly shocking. And so, Rumple's Dad, Peter Pan, locks his son in Pandora's Box. Oh, and no one knows that, not Emma or Neal or anyone other than Pan. 

Rumple's crying over his father and lost doll. That's kind of important, because the doll is in Neverland, hence how he gets it earlier in Season 3. Pan finds out that he's the first one to stay on Neverland, and the shadow tells him that he has "Bad Form." Ok, he doesn't actually say that, but he does tell him that he's breaking the rules. Pan says he'll find a way to live though...and Henry. 

Henry is how he's gonna live. So Pan tells him that he has to rip out his own heart and give it to Pan, and then Magic will be saved. HENRY YOU ARE AN IDIOT. So what does he do? HE LISTENS and RIPS OUT HIS OWN HEART. But before he can put it in Pan, The Parents show up and try to tell him to stop and convince him that Pan is lying. But Pan brings up the whole "Regina lied to you and Emma lied to you and Neal is Neal, so don't listen to them" thing. And so Henry gives his heart to Peter Pan. Pan floats up into the air and Henry crumbles to the ground. 

And if all of that was no shocking enough for you...no new Once for TWO WEEKS. YOU HEARD ME...TWO WEEKS. 

So in other words, Everyone's split up, no CaptainSwan this week, Henry is dead, Pan is Rumple's father and is very much alive, Wendy is no longer Pan's captive, and we're all gonna die. 

Yep, that sums it up. 

 

This Week's Once Upon a Time Disneybound is inspired by everyone's favorite fairy, Tinkerbell! This is probably one of my favorites because the hair was honestly kind of fun to do, and I got to wear one of my favorite scarves! Plus the boots are used again! I used them back for Neal and now again for Tink. Am I sad we didn't get to see a lot of her this week though? You bet I am. Although it is noted that one of the few times she speaks is to Neal...just as one of the few times Hook speaks is directly to Emma. Sense what I'm getting at here? 

 

And Frumpstagram. Today's prompt was Crossover, and it took me a while before I realized that I have one sitting right on my desk! It's my Minnie Mouse and Princess Leia Crossover Vinylmation! Totally one of my favorites (although I only have five so I guess I can't really pick a favorite). It's especially great since today is the 85th birthday of Mickey AND Minnie!! Happy Birthday to the two coolest mice in the world! 

Hence today's Disney History: 1928: Mickey Mouse stars in Steamboat Willie, the first commercially successful animated cartoon to use synchronized sound. Disney's third Mickey short (but the first with sound) debuts as a sneak preview at Universal's Colony Theatre. It is shown before the feature film Gang War. Despite the fact that this is not the first Mickey cartoon made or released, it is still considered Mickey Mouse's true debut...and birthday!

Have a magical day...and let's all hope we don't die before the next episode of OUAT!

Day 272: The Heart of the Truest Believer

Alright, I held on posting this for a couple of reasons. One, to make sure that people had a couple of days to watch the first episode of Season 3 of Once Upon a Time, but also because I just honestly haven't had time to post much of anything for the past couple of weeks and am now just making it all back up!

Either way, as I'm sure you all know, Once Upon a Time has BEGUN! Again! That's right, for the next 10 weeks we have straight episodes of OUAT, and then a 12 week break that will probably kill me, and then another 11 episodes in the spring.

So let's talk a bit about this first episode. I know that before it premiered to everyone and it was just seen by the press, many commented that it reminded them why they love OUAT, and I totally agree. Everything was absolutely amazing. The opening scene, for instance, was perfect. Henry's birth was a great way to start out the season, especially when I really wasn't sure where or how it was going to start. That's also our only flashback in the entire episode, which is kind of new since we normally have like half flashback have current day.

So let's move on to Neverland in the current day. Things seem to be getting pretty tense all up on the Jolly Rodger. Emma doesn't exactly trust her parents, and calls them out on it as well. I know it's supposed to be serious as well, but I can't help but laugh every time she's like "But we're the same age" and it's like haha yeah you are!

Oh, and then Hook's constant awesome lines, like "Oh that's a good use of our time. A wardrobe change." Haha cracks me up every single time! Despite the fact that Rumple is the first to go AWOL, but you know, Hook is right. That's obviously the best use of their time...NOT. I mean, he totally even ruffled up his hair. What is up with that? But that wasn't Hook's only spectacular line. There was also the one near the end, "Actually I quite fancy you from time to time, when you're not yelling at me."

I think, actually, overall, this was the funniest episode to date in the way of one liners. Like half the cast says something at some point that's just absolutely hilarious. Like when Henry is like "we making smores?" or that comment from Regina about "Rainbow kisses and unicorn stickers." All great lines that had everyone in my OUAT party laughing.

But there was one portion of the episode that I didn't really like. I guess I just can't figure out why they got rid of Greg and Tamara so quickly. Like I want them dead as much as the next person, and I was actually like "YES!" when Tamara got shot with that arrow, but it just felt too quick for them to die. But we wonder if maybe Greg is still alive. We're still not sure how the whole shadow thing works, so yeah.

And the ending. That has to be the best ending since Graham back in season one. Just the creepiness of the line from Pan of "Let's Play," and then it cuts was like "NOOOOO HENRY!" As usual I can't wait until next Sunday to see the new episode, and with a little luck we'll get more CaptainSwan moments! I suppose I should touch on the fact that Neal is around and that's cool and all and he is Henry's dad, but I still love CaptainSwan way more. Hook and Emma...they just obviously belong together. And don't even get me started on how ridiculous HookedQueen is. Sorry to all you other shippers, but I will forever ship CaptainSwan! Neal does have some great one-liners though.

Either way, let's see. What's going to happen next week? I honestly have no clue what's all going to go on. I know we don't see Storybrooke in the next episode either, so that should be interesting. Henry...well something will happen to Henry in between these episodes. Emma is gonna become a Lost Girl, which we already know because that's the title of this next episode. Meanwhile Hook is totally doing exactly what the writer's hinted at...setting his sights on Emma, and I think it's amazing to see how he's changed as a character from his first episode until now. Rumple has something going on, and Neal is gonna try to get back to Emma...hopefully by then a pirate will be in the way. Regina is probably going to do something, well, Regina-like. She's awesome, but I just have this feeling that she might go AWOL like Rumple did at some point.

Also, although this really just adds pictures to this, one of my friends suggested after tonight that I Disneybound as a Once character for every episode, since tonight I pulled an Emma Disneybound! I do already have my character for next week but you'll just have to wait and see who it is!

Today on Frumpstagram it's "Best," and honestly one of the best things I've experienced at Walt Disney World was this: getting to be the last people in the Magic Kingdom and basically watch the Kiss Goodnight all by ourselves on Main Street.

Here's today's Disney History: 1980: Zachary Levi, the voice of Flynn Rider in Disney's 2010 animated Tangled, is born in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Have a magical day!