Let's Talk Fairytales...Once Upon A Time

     Once upon a time in a far off place of Fort Worth, Texas there lived a beautiful poor girl named Tarah...


Ok you know what I can dream that a fairytale could actually be written about me, right?


So one on my favorite shows that I have decided to devote my Sunday nights too when I am not swamped with the weeks homework is ABC's Once Upon A Time. The show is about the all to familiar fairy tales we have all grown up with like Cinderella, Snow White, Red Riding Hood, and Pinocchio just to name a few.

 



     On the wedding day of Snow White who played by the beautiful Ginnifer Goodwin and Prince Charming portrayed by the gorgeous Josh Dallas, the Evil Queen, (Lana Parrilla) arrives to deliver an ominous threat about a powerful curse she intends to release upon them. Some time later, a pregnant Snow White is worried about the curse and visits Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carylyle), who issues a prophecy that the Queen's curse will take them all someplace terrible where there will be no happy endings. He also reveals that Snow White's unborn daughter, Emma played by Jennifer Morrison, will return when she is 28 years old to rescue them, bringing on the final battle with the Queen. With the advice of the Blue Fairy, Geppetto and Pinocchio fashion a wardrobe from a magical tree which will allow one person to escape the Queen's curse. Prince Charming has all intentions for his wife for Snow White and their unborn daughter to use the magic tree to escape the curse, but Snow White goes into labor unexpectedly and gives birth to Emma just as the wardrobe is about to be completed. On the day Snow White gives birth to their daughter Emma, the Queen's curse strikes. Prince Charming places his daughter in the magic wardrobe, but is grievously wounded battling the Queen's henchmen. The Queen stands triumphantly over Snow White and Prince Charming as the curse takes them to "someplace horrible."

     In present day Boston, Emma Swan lives a lonely life working as a bail bondsman and bounty hunter. On her 28th birthday, Emma is approached by a ten-year-old boy who identifies himself as her son, Henry portrayed by the adorable Jared Gilmore, whom Emma had given up for adoption as a baby. Not wanting a relationship with him, Emma agrees to drive him back to his home in Storybrooke, Maine. Along the way, Henry shows her a large book of fairy tales, insisting that all of the stories in it are real. When they arrive in Storybrooke, Henry informs her that everyone in town is in reality a fairy tale character, exiled by the curse and with no memory of their real identities. This includes his therapist, Dr. Archie Hopper, who is really Jiminy Cricket, and his teacher Mary Margaret Blanchard, who is actually Emma's mother, Snow White. He claims that time is frozen in Storybrooke, and the people are unable to leave, but that the curse will be broken by Emma since she is the daughter of Prince Charming and Snow White. A skeptical Emma returns Henry to his adoptive mother, the town's mayor who is really the Evil Queen. When Henry soon runs away again, Emma finds him and decides to stay in Storybrooke temporarily. This decision causes the hands of the town clock, previously frozen, to begin moving again.

     Each week brings on a new characters story line and how they came about to be in the fairytale world. In previous episodes you learn about Snow White and Prince Charming's history, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella even makes an appearance with her very own Prince Charming. I think one thing that has brought in so many viewers for this show is the whole concept that those we have so much desired to be actually can be normal day people. It is funny to walk around on the streets in your own neighborhood thinking, "Wow this lady next to be could really be Snow White!" Haha ok well not really but I seem to find it amusing to think while getting my cup of Starbucks every morning. I know for me and probably most of the population of women out there we have all wanted to live our own fairytale and with Once Upon A Time I kind of do. Even if your not the mushy lovey dovey kind of person this show still offers evil and revenge within its story line so the guys out there and even some stone hearted women can enjoy the show. So give it a try, but I do recommend you start at the beginning because with there being new stories every week a part of the show is a recurring story.

Let's Talk...what would be your fairytale?

Tarah