{"id":11512,"date":"2016-04-18T23:05:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T03:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=11512"},"modified":"2016-04-18T23:05:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T03:05:51","slug":"11512","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2016\/04\/18\/11512\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘Once Upon a Time’ S5 E18 – Ruby Slippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>Sunday night\u2019s episode of Once Upon a Time<\/em> has been a long time coming for some. The writers have teased a same-sex romance for a lengthy period, and this week they finally delivered.<\/p>\n

Seeing as Mulan had previously hinted at some feelings towards Aurora, I was surprised to find that the new couple didn\u2019t involve her. Although, seeing how pissy the Internet got after that episode \u2013 \u201cjust because she dressed up like a man in the movie doesn\u2019t make her a lesbian\u201d \u2013 I can kind of understand why they chose to go in a different direction.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m still a little bit fuzzy on the time lines, thanks to the plethora of non-linear flashbacks we get each episode, but somewhere along the line between Dorothy\u2019s return to Oz and Zelena\u2019s to Storybrook Dorothy, Mulan, and Ruby crossed paths. And somewhere along that Dorothy and Ruby fell in love. I guess that means I have to take back what I said about Dorothy\u2019s random cameo a few weeks ago being pointless.<\/p>\n

Usually I like to make fun of how unrealistically fast supporting characters on Once Upon a Time<\/em> fall in love, but this is a lesbian fairytale. We\u2019ve been waiting for one of those forever, so I can let it slide just this once.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a little upset it involved characters so detached from the main plot of this season of Once Upon a Time<\/em>, but it\u2019s a baby step in the right direction. Remember, ABC is affiliated with Disney, so basically anything they say can be considered canon. Our lesbian princess or gay princes can\u2019t be too far off anymore.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, as some super hot girls who could pass for twins make out (I tried<\/em> to tell my boyfriend that he\u2019d like Once Upon a Time<\/em>), back in the Underworld the rules of magic continue to crumble.<\/p>\n

Zelena and Belle get together for whiskey and girl talk, which causes the girls to make some important decisions. After Belle tells Zelena she\u2019s probably just scared of getting hurt, Zelena finally decides to let herself fall for Hades \u2013 I guess it\u2019s true what they say, you look for someone who resembles yourself when choosing a mate; first the lesbians with their matching cloaks and hairstyles, and now the gingers.<\/p>\n

Zelena, on the other hand, gives some rather questionable advice. After a quick reminder that Zelena\u2019s pregnancy had been sped up for plot purposes, Belle starts to worry that Hades will do the same to her. Honestly, skipping all the awful things that come with pregnancy sounds ideal, but whatever, she\u2019s scared it means losing her baby that much sooner. But her solution to put herself into a sleeping curse is not the wisest decision she\u2019s made. And this is a girl who fell in love with the Dark One.<\/p>\n

Apparently even though you can have a baby while in a coma (it\u2019s true, Google it!), the same does not apply to dark curses. Shame, because that sounds even more ideal than the fast forward option. So, Belle\u2019s genius plan is to have Rumple figure this shit out while she takes a nice long nap and unpause her once he\u2019s sure they get to keep her baby. Which brings up another issue of mine.<\/p>\n

Between the gang thinking Auntie Em\u2019s kiss could wake Dorothy and Belle saying her true love\u2019s kiss could be her dad, a true love\u2019s kiss has become rather meaningless. Like, I wasn\u2019t aware that platonic or familial love counted\u2026<\/p>\n

And those weren\u2019t the only rules of magic that were stretched this episode \u2013 shocking, I know. After Snow and David decide that they can\u2019t let another baby grow up without them (stellar parenting realization right there, guys), Snow says that David, whose name isn\u2019t carved on a tombstone and therefore stuck in the Underword, should return to Storybrook.<\/p>\n

David isn\u2019t ready to miss out on all the fun, though; poor guy already gets left out so often. Plus, he still hasn\u2019t had his showdown with his twin like we\u2019ve been promised. So David enlists Killian to help him send Snow home instead. Killian, we can assume, takes this to mean that he should use his hook to scratch out Snow\u2019s name and engrave David\u2019s on the tombstone. I mean, it\u2019s the only explanation for the atrocious handwriting.<\/p>\n

Yeah, yeah, I know. A life for a life has always been the rule. Even though Hades clearly chose the people he\u2019d be keeping in the Underworld with him for a reason. So, by that logic shouldn\u2019t he have made it impossible for them to find such an easy loophole?<\/p>\n

But sometimes to actually be able to enjoy watching Once Upon a Time<\/em> you need to ignore the ridiculous and ambiguous rules and just kind of be like, \u201cyep, ok, whatever you say, writers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday night\u2019s episode of Once Upon a Time has been a long time coming for some. The writers have teased a same-sex romance for a lengthy period, and this week they finally delivered. Seeing as Mulan had previously hinted at some feelings towards Aurora, I was surprised to find that the new couple didn\u2019t involve<\/p>\n

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