Luffy Reacts - Once Upon a Time S3E09 - Save Henry
Added 2022-08-26 05:55:06 +0000 UTCStreamable link: https://streamable.com/2fkld9
It's now 6:55am for me, but I was determined to get another video uploaded "tonight" because of how busy I've been otherwise. Now I can sleep!
Episodes 10-12 still on their way ASAP.
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I'm just glad that you people still support me throughout my struggles for uploads, any support at all makes me eternally grateful, no need to compare yourself to others <3 I truly appreciate you.
Luffyiscool
2022-08-26 19:25:33 +0000 UTCWhenever Heidi writes these eleborats, I am overwhelemed and do not want to compete with her. But I will tell you this : I am truly glad you feel better, you came back and in turn made me feel a little bit better. Good you're not losing your enthusiasm.
SayoArandell
2022-08-26 18:50:47 +0000 UTCThank you so much for the explanation of the forgetting potion! Forgetting Sydney's research and the fear/paranoia it brought on is definitely a cool detail that keeps the continuity. And the Regina vs Gold interactions in Storybrooke were one of my favourite things to see in season 1, so getting another look at that back-and-forth dynamic was amazing. Gold's response to Regina's initial statement of wanting a child... that will go down as one of the funniest things I've ever heard from this show. Extra hilarious because I imagine how awkward such a response could have made Regina feel, given their long history! And yeah, I feel you on the Neal thing. He's very wishy-washy indeed. My joy in that moment was more on the behalf of Rumple than Neal lol After coming so far, I love whenever he gets to have a happy moment.
Luffyiscool
2022-08-26 14:20:35 +0000 UTCSave Henry- Thank you so much for another marvelous reaction, Luffy! I enjoy this episode. For me... it's not quite as good as those I feel are my favorites this season of course. However, it's incredibly acted by everyone around. Especially by Lana Parrilla, Robert Carlyle, and Robbie Kay too. My favorite moment in this episode is when Regina steals back Henry's heart from Pan, upon admitting to Pan, as well as to Emma and Mary Margaret that she has no regrets, in spite of all the pain she has caused in the past, because her casting the dark curse and bringing them to Storybrooke has allowed for her to adopt Henry. I really appreciate the overall idea just to be able to see how strong Regina's love for Henry really is. Because we absolutely see that Henry does help to fill the hole in her heart. However, this moment also saddens me a little too. Because it is revealed that Regina has no regrets even for killing her father, or for casting the curse that has hurt so many people. Not to mention for killing so many people in her past as the Evil Queen. It's a little unsettling. And I also kind of hate this moment too. Although... I suppose that just because she doesn't regret her past actions, this doesn't necessarily mean that she doesn't feel badly about causing so much pain for everyone around her. Because I do believe that she does feel badly. So... I guess that this helps me feel a little better about this brilliant moment for Regina. And I think I just love this moment... simply because I love seeing how much she truly does love Henry, and I love seeing her kick Pan's butt!! I love seeing the strength she truly possesses. Regina is certainly growing. She's slowly changing into a better person, and after all the evil she's committed, of course her redemption is going to take a lot of work. And this is why I feel like her regrets are still upcoming. That perhaps she has yet to come to the point of feeling such regret. Or at least... she hasn't come to the point of allowing herself to feel such regret. We've seen how torn up Regina felt after killing her own father, and we've seen her feel shame and remorse in the past. I think she simply chooses to suppress her guilt and remorse, because she doesn't yet truly understand it. Next... I also really love the group scene when everyone works together to get themselves out of Neverland as they cast Pan's shadow into the Jolly Roger's sail, then seeing Hook finally begin to sail them all home at last, along with Tinker Bell, Wendy, and the Lost Boys too. As for the whole backstory with Regina adopting Henry... I really love it all for the most part. I think it's sweet. However, a small part of me feels a slight bit of dislike for it as well because at the time, Because in this backstory, Regina is still the Evil Queen, who still relishes in the pleasure of making everyone else miserable. Therefore, I almost don't like seeing her find any kind of happiness so long as she remains the Evil Queen. And therefore... I really appreciate that the creators and writers had baby Henry cry whenever Regina holds him, as a way of showing us that baby Henry sensed Regina was evil and that he couldn't trust Regina to love him for a while. Showing us that baby Henry needed to feel a mother's love from Regina before he could feel her as his mother. And it's a small, yet amazing detail that is very much appreciated. And in the end... Regina proves to him as much as she was able to at the time, that she did in fact love him. And while she casts a forgetting spell so she could love her son and not worry about the future and threat to her happiness, which as we all know Emma was the threat... I like the cute story she tells to baby Henry as she brews the potion. You see... if you remember back to the Pilot episode in season one, when Emma first arrives in Storybrooke, Regina has absolutely no idea who she really is. She only quickly gets the sense that Emma is about to be a threat. If Regina hadn't had made this forgetting potion for herself to drink, she would have either known right away who Emma was when she first arrived in town, or she most likely would have tried to have Emma killed long before she ever stepped foot in Storybrooke. This potion simply erases all memories of the research Regina had asked Sydney to collect for her on Henry's birthparents. At least on Emma, since it's never said that Sydney ever managed to find out anything about Neal at all. And Regina no longer was worried about Henry crying so much, seeing as Henry had come to see her love for him and stopped crying all the time by this point. I love that Regina comes to learn that Henry's birth mother is quite possibly a threat to her upon Sidney finding out for her that she was found as a baby just outside of Storybrooke the very day the curse was cast and Storybrooke was created. This is a brilliant twist to the storyline revealed way back in the Pilot episode when Emma first arrives in Storybrooke. I absolutely love this! And it's great how this episode reveals that Regina didn't know Emma was the Savior destined to break her curse for quite a while throughout season one, because she had taken the forgetting potion in order to make herself forget about the truth as to who Henry's birth mother really was until she later figures it out. I hope this long explanation makes sense and has helped you to understand what this forgetting potion has done for Regina, Luffy. Now... I also love that Hook offers Henry his quarters aboard the Jolly Roger once they all get back to his ship. It is a sweet little moment. And I love how Hook, with an annoyed look on his face, easily manages to hold Felix down with his hook whenever Felix kept trying to yell at Emma and the other Lost Boys as they were giving up Pan. As you know... I love and appreciate all scenes with Hook, no matter how small they are. I have to admit... a part of me feels this episode isn't as good as it could have been, had they included Hook more, but then I also see that his character isn't necessary to be a part of this episode any more than the few moments we see of him. You know I love him. :) I really love the moments with Tinker Bell as well, especially when she receives the pixie dust from Wendy, then as Regina comes over and tells her that it's begun to glow because Tink has begun to believe in herself. I love it! I love Tink! And then... I absolutely love, love, love the scenes between Regina and Rumplestiltskin/Gold like always. I love that Gold still acts impish and smug with Regina when she comes to him seeking to adopt a child, then complains to him about how he came to do so and who the child's mother was. Even though Gold never was actually awake until Emma first arrives in Storybrooke and speaks her name to Granny when she's checking in at Granny's Bed and Breakfast. While Regina suspects Gold knew more than he was letting on... he really didn't. Even though he has always acted just as smug even when he was cursed, as when he's his true self. He's so brilliant! :) I also love that we get to see Storybrooke again for a bit, and a few characters like Archie and Granny, as well as hear Sidney's voice too. Also... I always love the beautiful moments between Emma and her parents, whether they be just between Emma and Mary Margaret, Emma and David, or Emma with both of her parents. They're so sweet and quite beautiful. Once again... I have to admit that I don't really like that Neal is so suddenly on his father's side again, and that they're immediately so loving the moment Neal releases his father from Pandora's Box. I know Rumple has proven to Neal by now that he really does love him, and that he will do anything for Henry too. However, their relationship has been so strained and so full of distrust for so long, that to see them suddenly act as though everything is completely fine between them now has thrown me a bit. And I don't trust it. It's not that I don't like this sweet moment between them, because it's a beautiful father/son moment. But it's just weird to me more than anything else. And it's mostly because Neal has been so wishy washy towards his feelings for his father in the wrong kind of way for so long now, and I really don't like it. I hope this makes sense. And lastly... of course Pan isn't through yet. He and Henry have now switched bodies and Pan is pretending to be Henry, while Henry is trapped inside Pan's body that is now trapped inside Pandora's Box. Not good, but what a great twist. It's interesting seeing Jared Gilmore acting as Pan and to see him act evil. Because we've seen Jared acting as a sweet boy for two and a half seasons now, so this is different in a really good way. Can Jared Gilmore achieve skills enough to pass himself off as Pan, while Robbie Kay is so much more the better actor between the two? I think it most certainly works. Jared Gilmore does a really good job acting as Pan does while being played by Robbie Kay. But you will have to judge this for yourself, of course. As to how Pan is able to switch bodies with Henry... Pan switched with him when their eyes glowed while he was still holding onto Henry's shadow, just before Henry in Pan's body is pulled into Pandora's Box. You see Pan's eyes light up as he is staring coldly at Henry to enact the body switch, then Henry's eyes light up as Pan enters his body, and finally Pan's eyes light up again upon Henry entering Pan's body. I really love this moment! Overall... a good episode and I am so happy to have watched your reaction for it, so thank you again, Luffy! I look forward to more like always. Until next time... Sincerely, Heidi
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2022-08-26 11:46:10 +0000 UTC
