User blog comment:Adelina Le Morte March/My hopes for Howard Overman's writing on his new show/@comment-5102537-20130219110725/@comment-5102537-20130219215801

"The fan base even argue there are not enough deaths"

Sad enough, if this is true. I don't understand this bloodthirst. Sometimes it seems as if society was evolving backwards.

Hi Adelina.

The short explanation is that there are no plotholes.

The longer explanation is that so far the overall plotline hasn't been changed and the characters and stories are connected to each other. There is consistency and continuity and the characters (and plots) are believable. There is also no reset button like it was on "Merlin" when one week Arthur appreciates Merlin and stands up to his father and the next week he treats Merlin like he did in season one and abandons his friends that are about to be sentenced to death (e.g. Gaius). Or one week Uther tells Arthur that he is proud of him and more important than his kingdom and his own life and later Arthur doesn't know that his father is proud of him. Then Uther tells Arthur again how proud he is of him and then Arthur tells Uther that he hopes that this time he will be proud him. Then Uther sacrifices himself for Arthur and tells him (again) how much he loves him and later he attacks Arthur and puts his kingdom above him. Or one time Merlin makes a deal with Nimueh and almost sacrifices Hunith and Gaius and says that he is ready to pay any price but later blames Uther that he sacrificed Igraine willingly, totally forgetting that he himself had done the same as Uther when saving Arthur and that the Great Purge started because Igraine died. One time Arthur doesn't know about his birth, next time he suddenly does. One week Arthur knows that Mordred is a druid and that druids have/practice magic, next time he must not know about Mordred having magic. One epsiode Arthur thinks that magic is evil, later he uses magic himself and promises the druids freedom but then again hates magic and denies sorcerers a proper funeral, then helps a sorceress but then continues persecuting sorceres. And much, much more.... And all this without explanations, just as if we were watching a different TV show every week.

Such things haven't happened on "Once Upon a Time", on the contrary. Every episode connects to the previous epsiodes and never forgets a plotline but deals with every bit we have seen some time somwhere along the way. I don't consider the family problems and relationships as a soap opera because all their difficulties are directly connected to the plot. Every detail of their relationships has to do with the curse and with what happened in the fairytale world, moreover, it brings the plotline foward, whereas "Merlin" was changed from a story about a methaphysical fate/destiny to a mere obsession of a servant about his king, showing his passion, jelousy and desperation while forgetting about what the plot used to be about.

Regina isn't my favourite on the show and I don't really like her but she is a moderate villain with a believable background. Same goes for Mr. Gold. Regina's dependency on her mother is logical and believable and time will tell if she comes to senses or continues her path of hatred and vengeance. Her attempts to change were very well done because Henry is the power behind her motivation and her love for him is genuine, even though odd since she is going to hurt him if she continues what she seems to be up to. Her confusion and desperation is showing very well whereas Morgana simply changed into a monster all of a sudden, deaf and numb to everyone and everything around her.