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Gravy or Butter?
"True North" introduces us to the familiar tale of Hansel and Gretel, who are loved very much by their father. On their way through the woods to find kindling, the children get lost. Trying to follow the compass their father gave them, they are interrupted by the queen's carriage, who thwarts their escape by tying them with tree roots. But the queen admires Gretel's tenacious bravery, and decides to send the children on a quest: to take back a satchel from a blind witch in the forest. In it is a precious object that is protected by magic which only children are immune to. In exchange, the queen promises to help them find their father, giving them one warning: eat nothing.
They approach the witch's house, brilliant in its colorful candy, but unfortunately the cupcakes are too much for Hansel to resist. With one lick the witch awakens and throws them in a cage while she begins leafing through cookbooks to find a recipe to barbeque them by. Luckily Gretel is much cooler under pressure than Hansel, and pushes the witch into the oven she had prepared for them, while the queen sends a fireball to finish the job. They escape in the nick of time with the satchel in hand, which they present to the queen. She pulls out the prized possession: the poisoned apple later used on Snow White. Highly impressed by the cleverly accomplished feat (apparently many others were sent to do the job but didn't make it out) the queen makes an offer to let Hansel and Gretel live with her, wanting for nothing. Although Hansel's eyes grow wide with excitement, Gretel is wise; she can see through the queen's offers to her evil heart. She refuses and demands her father as Regina promised. As punishment they are sent to the Infinite Forest, where they are responsible to find their father on their own.
I loved the scene between Regina and the children's father. She brings him to her castle after sending Hansel and Gretel to the forest, and inquires why his children chose a life of poverty with their father than a life of ease and riches with her. Power has always gotten the queen everything she wanted except the thing she wants most: love. She has yet to understand that love runs far deeper than riches, and cannot be bought. The man replies simply that they are family, and family always finds each other. He is sent to the same forest, tasked to find his children in the same endless wilderness.
"True North" introduces us to the familiar tale of Hansel and Gretel, who are loved very much by their father. On their way through the woods to find kindling, the children get lost. Trying to follow the compass their father gave them, they are interrupted by the queen's carriage, who thwarts their escape by tying them with tree roots. But the queen admires Gretel's tenacious bravery, and decides to send the children on a quest: to take back a satchel from a blind witch in the forest. In it is a precious object that is protected by magic which only children are immune to. In exchange, the queen promises to help them find their father, giving them one warning: eat nothing.
They approach the witch's house, brilliant in its colorful candy, but unfortunately the cupcakes are too much for Hansel to resist. With one lick the witch awakens and throws them in a cage while she begins leafing through cookbooks to find a recipe to barbeque them by. Luckily Gretel is much cooler under pressure than Hansel, and pushes the witch into the oven she had prepared for them, while the queen sends a fireball to finish the job. They escape in the nick of time with the satchel in hand, which they present to the queen. She pulls out the prized possession: the poisoned apple later used on Snow White. Highly impressed by the cleverly accomplished feat (apparently many others were sent to do the job but didn't make it out) the queen makes an offer to let Hansel and Gretel live with her, wanting for nothing. Although Hansel's eyes grow wide with excitement, Gretel is wise; she can see through the queen's offers to her evil heart. She refuses and demands her father as Regina promised. As punishment they are sent to the Infinite Forest, where they are responsible to find their father on their own.
I loved the scene between Regina and the children's father. She brings him to her castle after sending Hansel and Gretel to the forest, and inquires why his children chose a life of poverty with their father than a life of ease and riches with her. Power has always gotten the queen everything she wanted except the thing she wants most: love. She has yet to understand that love runs far deeper than riches, and cannot be bought. The man replies simply that they are family, and family always finds each other. He is sent to the same forest, tasked to find his children in the same endless wilderness.
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Follow the Compass
In Storybrooke we have the continuation of the story, with Hansel and Gretel living alone and robbing convenience stores. Although Regina demands that the children be sent to Boston to two children's homes, Emma can't bear to send them back, knowing that they will be separated and unloved. Her childhood was one of hardness and abandonment, and she finds a sense of deep understanding for the twins. She sets off to find their father, using the only thing the children have of his: a compass. Luckily Mr. Gold recognizes it as having been bought in his shop, and gives her the name in exchange for forgiveness. (After all, he needs the savior on his side.) She agrees to give him tolerance, and he shares the name. We then see that the card from his files was blank; Gold remembers everything, and needs the curse weakened.
Emma finds the father at a car garage, who is shocked at the news that he has twins. When he refuses to take them, she decides to do a little magic of her own, calling a mechanic to tow her car on the way out of town. She persuades him to give his children a chance; that any decision he makes will be with him the rest of his life. He cautiously approaches the car where the two faces peer out at him, and a greater magic begins to work. He decides to keep his children, and for the first time since the curse, someone receives their happy ending. It seems that an underlying theme is finding family; everyone has been separated thanks to the curse: Emma and her parents, Henry and Emma, Rumple and Bae, Gepetto and Pinocchio, Jefferson and Grace, and the list goes on. But it seems as though the savior is definitely changing things for the better.
As Emma had been searching for the twins' father, Henry asks her about his father. She lies, telling him that he was a good man who died saving a family in a fire. This part of Emma's life she wants to forget, and wants Henry to think of fondly. As they stand outside talking, a motorcycle rolls into town, with a stranger aboard. He asks where he may stay the night, but doesn't give his name. Henry puzzles over his arrival; no one comes or goes from Storybrooke, so who is this man?
In Storybrooke we have the continuation of the story, with Hansel and Gretel living alone and robbing convenience stores. Although Regina demands that the children be sent to Boston to two children's homes, Emma can't bear to send them back, knowing that they will be separated and unloved. Her childhood was one of hardness and abandonment, and she finds a sense of deep understanding for the twins. She sets off to find their father, using the only thing the children have of his: a compass. Luckily Mr. Gold recognizes it as having been bought in his shop, and gives her the name in exchange for forgiveness. (After all, he needs the savior on his side.) She agrees to give him tolerance, and he shares the name. We then see that the card from his files was blank; Gold remembers everything, and needs the curse weakened.
Emma finds the father at a car garage, who is shocked at the news that he has twins. When he refuses to take them, she decides to do a little magic of her own, calling a mechanic to tow her car on the way out of town. She persuades him to give his children a chance; that any decision he makes will be with him the rest of his life. He cautiously approaches the car where the two faces peer out at him, and a greater magic begins to work. He decides to keep his children, and for the first time since the curse, someone receives their happy ending. It seems that an underlying theme is finding family; everyone has been separated thanks to the curse: Emma and her parents, Henry and Emma, Rumple and Bae, Gepetto and Pinocchio, Jefferson and Grace, and the list goes on. But it seems as though the savior is definitely changing things for the better.
As Emma had been searching for the twins' father, Henry asks her about his father. She lies, telling him that he was a good man who died saving a family in a fire. This part of Emma's life she wants to forget, and wants Henry to think of fondly. As they stand outside talking, a motorcycle rolls into town, with a stranger aboard. He asks where he may stay the night, but doesn't give his name. Henry puzzles over his arrival; no one comes or goes from Storybrooke, so who is this man?