Episode Discussion 2x04: The Crocodile

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Episode Discussion 2x04: The Crocodile

Belle's disgust over Mr. Gold's continuing thirst for power comes to a head, and she threatens to leave him if he can't change his evil ways; the dwarves pick up their axes and try to find fairy dust in the Storybrooke mine; and a reunion with an old acquaintance could prove to be Belle's undoing. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land that was, Rumplestiltskin attempts to save his wife, Milah, from being kidnapped by a band of cutthroat pirates.

P.S. Phew! Barely made it. Sorry for the delay. Wal-Mart had no less than 15 people in all 5/600 of its lines.

P.P.S. You all know it's really paining me to not use the picture I want up here. *meeps!!!*

Comments

[bloodysuicide69.livejournal.com]

Nope, that's not how I meant it at all. Mothers have an inseparable bond with their children. And someone who can just sever that connection has some sort of damage involved within them.

Taking a child away from a father is not what I meant at all. In this specific case I suppose it was what she would have done, but it isn't what I meant. She left her son, and that's not normal mother behavior. Totally irrelevant of the father. If she cared about her son she would have taken the father into account maybe they could have all traveled together if she really cared about anyone but herself.

Without getting into a parenting debate.... what I was simply saying was that I have no remorse for her. I didn't like her character at all. I actually was hoping Rumple would kill her off so I wouldn't have to see her face again.

[philstar22.livejournal.com]

Since I don't think there is anything different between the bond of a mother and of a father, I'm not going to agree with your interpretation. And I don't think it is necessarily "inseparable". Different mothers are different, and that doesn't necessarily make them bad. I don't find her sympathetic because of the dishonesty and her walking away without a second thought. I think that if she had talked to her son and Rumple and prepared them and had given a moment's consideration to her son, I'd be far more sympathetic to her.

Okay, I really need to get some Once icons. Just got into the fandom.

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Emma

>Without getting into a parenting debate....
I should have read that part first; sorry.