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Once Upon a Time | 5x6 'The Bear and the Bow' (Patreon)

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Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

The Bear and the Bow- Thank you once again, Travis! I really enjoy this episode for the most part. I like that this episode introduces us to the leaders of the other three clans... Macintosh, MacGuffin, and Dingwall. And the actors chosen to play them are pretty good, like the creators for this show have always been really good at casting, which I always appreciate and love about this show. All three actors look just like the clansmen from the Disney movie, Brave... thanks to their costumes, hairstyling, and makeup. The biggest difference is in Lord Macintosh, given that they actually brought in a somewhat handsome actor with muscles to play him, rather than made him look as goofy as the other two lords do, and like all three appear in the Disney movie as well. And they actually made him and the others smarter than they are in the Disney movie too. I would request the Disney movie, Brave, for you to watch, but I have already requested the Star Wars movies, and I don't want to fall out of order in the line-up. Hopefully, another of your lovely patrons will request Brave for you. If not... I promise to do so for you once you finish with the Original Star Wars Trilogy. With this being said... This timeline does take place many years after the events within the movie... at least by ten years or so. And I guess the creators wanted Merida and her brothers to be older for the ideas for each of them that they wanted to write into their storylines for this show. For Merida... I guess they wanted some time between the events of the movie to her story here in Once Upon a Time so she could grow into her coming role as DunBroch's Queen. Which makes complete sense and I think it's very smart for the creators to have done. And for her brothers... I suppose with the idea the writers came up with to have the clansmen threaten to have the brothers executed, and to see them almost be shot by the arrows, the creators and writers might have felt it would have been wrong to show a near execution of three children. So, it makes sense that they would want them to have grown too. And I really do love this scene in the end as Merida saves her brothers by shooting an arrow to knock away the other three aiming to kill her brothers, as Merida proves herself to be DunBroch's rightful Queen. Overall... I enjoy this storyline. It's not one of my favorites by any means and while I do really love Merida's character throughout this season, especially because the actress who plays her is brilliant, and I do love the overall storyline, I feel that for me... This is one of the weakest storylines going on in this current season. Both Merida's storyline in her backstory, as well as with Rumple in this episode's Storybrooke present storyline too. And this is saying a lot, because Merida's storyline is great! This just goes to show you how much stronger Emma's story arc with her being the Dark One really is! :) But to back up a little... My favorite scene within this episode comes in the very beginning when with Merlin's help, Hook, David, and Belle charge into the castle's dungeons battling the guards so they can free Lancelot, as well as Merida upon finding her a prisoner there too. I really like how Hook says to Merlin, "Not bad for a bloke who spent the last thousand years in a tree." And then how when Merlin responds that it's just like riding a bike. I love how David questions him about how he knows what a bike is, to which Merlin answers, "Do you really think all my prophecies came true because of luck?" And I also like how Merlin compliments Belle when she quickly finds the spell that allows him to free Lancelot and Merida. As for Belle knowing magic... Belle doesn't practice magic and she doesn't have any of her own. However, she is smart and clever and therefore she is really good at being able to translate spells from their books and is good with researching all kinds of magic through books. This is why Merlin compliments her for helping him to know which spell can break the newer enchantment casted over the dungeon bars. I like how Merlin is so casual and often jokes with the characters, then is firm and cross when he needs to be. He has a great demeanor about him. I wouldn't have thought so simply from learning at first who the actor chosen to play a character like Merlin was, but I really like Elliot Knight as Merlin a lot! He plays Merlin differently than any other actors who've ever played Merlin in movies and other shows, but he's definitely an enjoyable character I really love a lot! As for the major Storybrooke storyline with Merida continuing to make Gold into a hero upon threatening Belle, and in DunBroch with Merida kidnapping Belle to get her help to save her brothers... They're both entertaining overall. However, I have to admit this episode is another example I feel is when the minor storylines throughout this episode are better than the two main storylines within both Storybrooke and in DunBroch. And I only say this, because I am really tired of seeing Rumple trying to apologize to Belle for all he's done over the years as the Dark One, to try to win her back and to try to prove himself to Belle. I am just so sick of their back and forth at this point in the show. Nonetheless... I like how Belle is able to remind Merida of the strength inside of her that allows her to save her brothers, rather than by Merida using the potion Belle had pretended to make so Merida could transform once again into a bear to fight the clansmen. I think it would have been too much to see Merida become a bear twice within this episode, with her past we know from the Disney movie. Brave is a good Disney movie, although I love many other Disney movies more. What I love most about Merida within Once Upon a Time, is seeing a different take on her story and seeing it being expanded upon from the events within her Disney movie. I love seeing DunBroch and the clansmen, and I love Merida's look with her flaming red curly hair and her gorgeous thick Scottish accent. And I like the overall scenes between Merida, Gold, and Belle as Belle and Gold are trying to escape from Merida still under Emma's control. I like how Merida does actually transform herself into a bear on Emma's command to threaten Belle, which allows for Gold to find his own bravery to save Belle. I always love the parallels between the two storylines. Personally, I just feel that Merida's, Belle's, and Gold's storylines within both timelines are the weaker scenes throughout this episode. In regards to the powder Gold uses to transform Merida back into herself in order to save himself and Belle... Gold explains to Belle a few scenes before this one that the powder he has is anti-magic powder, which would have allowed them to break through the barrier spell keeping everyone trapped in Storybrooke that Emma had put up with the new dark curse that had brought everyone home and wiped away all their memories. And because this powder strips away any kind of magic, by Gold tossing into her mouth and forcing Merida to swallow it in her bear form, she is then instantly changed back into her true self again. Smart thinking on Gold's part. As I've mentioned above... My reasons for not liking these storylines more than the minor storylines, is more because seasons four and five are really when my love for Rumple's and Belle's relationship becomes hindered. By the end of season four, Belle just becomes far too wishy washy in her feelings for Gold. I understand that she truly loves him, but she keeps going back and forth in pushing him away and taking him back. And to me... I find it really annoying. So... I just can't enjoy this episode's storyline as much as I would like to. But more than this... Rumple just annoys me. But it annoys me more that one good deed and act of heroism is enough for Emma and anyone else to suddenly see Rumple as a hero. That his one show of bravery is enough for him to be able to pull the sword from the stone. I would have bought him being able to pull the sword free from the stone more, if it was simply because of the fact that Rumple's heart is the purest heart because it is a blank slate upon being freed from the Darkness by the Apprentice. I was expecting, or at least hoping for more from Rumple's storyline upon Emma first kidnapping him back in Siege Perilous and from hearing that her plan is to use Rumple to pull the sword from the stone. Instead, this is all we're given, and in my opinion... This storyline with Rumple coming back to save Belle is a weak show of heroism. It's brave of Rumple to face Merida in bear form... yes. But one act of heroism does not make someone a hero. Least of all someone like Rumple. If you ask me, this one act shouldn't have been enough to allow him to pull the sword from the stone. Especially since we see other villains turned heroes have to fight so much harder to be truly seen as a hero. Former villains turned heroes like Killian and Regina. I hope all of this makes sense to you, and that you understand what I am trying to say regarding my problems with Rumple's, Merida's, and Belle's overall storylines throughout this episode. And in my opinion... Rumple's jibe to Emma in the ending about him now being a hero she's never faced before and that she should be afraid of him... It's absolutely weak. And a silly threat. At least in my opinion. Next... I really enjoy the scenes between Emma and Zelena, after Emma frees Zelena briefly from her cell and takes her back to her home, then offers Zelena onion rings, which she happily accepts and eats. I also like how Emma offers Zelena a deal... Help in exchange for her freedom. I like their banter back and forth, and how in the end, Zelena refuses to accept Emma's deal and in so doing, is magically returned to her cell. I love the scene inside Granny's Diner within Camelot, as Merlin reveals to Emma that he was the man who came to her disguised as an usher all those years ago inside the theater, then reminds her of his warning he made to her. Especially because the movie playing in the background is The Sword in the Stone and the scenes that kept playing in the background while Merlin was talking with young Emma, are scenes within the Disney movie showing only Merlin... Foreshadowing who this mysterious usher really is. Just as I mentioned before in my comments under your previous episode's post. Oh... And in regards to the chocolate Apollo bars shown quite often throughout this series, in case you can't remember... They're a nod to the TV series, Lost... Another of Adam and Eddie's other shows they've created, which you might already know if you enjoy Lost. I've never seen Lost before except for two episodes here and there and from what little I've seen, I have no desire to ever watch it. But I know about the candy bars, just as there are a number of actors from Lost also that are in Once Upon a Time too. These creators love to bring their other works into their different shows. Which is actually clever. I like it. And then... Once Merida returns Gold to Emma after he succeeds in saving Belle from her, Gold is able to pull Excalibur from the stone. In spite of my issues with their storylines, I do still enjoy this scene, and I like that Belle comes down into the cavern with Gold to stand with him while he nervously reaches out to take the sword's hilt. And finally, Emma restores Merida's heart as well, now that she's finished with her. As sad as it is, I love how dark Emma continues to act as the new Dark One, especially in this scene. And lastly... The heroes find Arthur out as they discover he had tried to burn the Crimson Crown instead of using it to try to communicate with Merlin like he told them he had done. I'm very happy that they now know in both timelines that Arthur is now a villain. I also like how they realize they can have Henry open the channel to Merlin, since he's the Author having been chosen to be by Merlin. Unfortunately, they only receive a message from Merlin, as he reveals to them the one person who can help them stop the Dark One is Nimue. I like this set up for the next episode. And I also really like how Regina grumbles about how they've only succeeded in getting Merlin's voicemail. Very funny. Again... This episode is pretty good, but it's definitely not one of my favorites by any means. I do however enjoy it. And more so, I enjoyed your reaction for it, so thank you once again, Travis! Sincerely, Heidi