I was thinking that the title probably meant something besides this. It is the first thing that comes to mind: they are both the real people living the real lives in Storybrooke and the Fairytale characters. I thought it might refer to the dualistic nature of human beings, in the sense that they can be both good or evil and that perhaps the stigma of being evil just depends on whether one considers the motivation to be fair and proportionate or not.
I can also see this notion being the one the title refers to! Hadn't thought about it, but makes total sense, especially if it is a Regina or Gold centric episode!
Ha! Maybe it will have double meaning! - Fringe, the Observers are kind of like Vulcans and Borg put together...which isn't too much of a surprise considering that Abrams Star Trek is referenced in Fringe, includes Leonard Nimoy, and both use "branch off" alternate time lines as plot devices. And in Fringe characters can share conscience (get confused), literally get another persons memories mixed up with theirs, and bring one's memory forward to replace another memory...Not to mention that Letters of Transit's color schemes match Star Trek's (2009) and that Nero is a kinetic out of control Romulin (which Romulins are related to Vulcans) who goes "bald" and looks like an Observer
I agree that it will have more than one meaning, as beyond having to choose which persona of one's self one wants to be, I think that it also comes down to any one persona's actual choices, which (at least in the first season) may difficult here, since in some ways Storybrooke had been repeating events from Fairytale Land. Additionally we don't know for sure if bringing magic back to Storybrooke actually breaks away from that 'fate' repeating, because magic is a way to start 'restoring' them back to Fairytale Land, or if they can also make some new decisions and attempt to 'break away' from it, now that the variables have been rearranged, and/or new one's added (the Emma factor)????????????
I am thinking this is reference to the whole "heroes/villains" thing. This season hints at a lot of very dirty secrets the characters of both "good and bad" keep, so the title might refer to them being both heroes and villains because nothing is black and white. :)
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Both what? That was random.
ReplyDeleteHm, cryptic.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it refers to the fact that they are both the fairytale world characters and the storybook characters, no?
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty much the same, isn't it? Do you mean fairytale characters and "real" people living in Storybrook?
ReplyDeleteI get what the title refers to but I can't stop thinking that it's about Borg.
ReplyDeleteInteresting title!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking that the title probably meant something besides this. It is the first thing that comes to mind: they are both the real people living the real lives in Storybrooke and the Fairytale characters. I thought it might refer to the dualistic nature of human beings, in the sense that they can be both good or evil and that perhaps the stigma of being evil just depends on whether one considers the motivation to be fair and proportionate or not.
ReplyDeleteBorg?
ReplyDeleteFrom Star Trek? They always use plural and say "We are Borg."
ReplyDeleteI can also see this notion being the one the title refers to! Hadn't thought about it, but makes total sense, especially if it is a Regina or Gold centric episode!
ReplyDeleteAh, thanks for explaining. I'm not a huge star trek fan. Watched some episodes, but not enough to remember that.
ReplyDeleteI love that title. It's so funny and true.
ReplyDeleteGreat! love it now lets have the new episodes already
ReplyDeleteHa! Maybe it will have double meaning! - Fringe, the Observers are kind of like Vulcans and Borg put together...which isn't too much of a surprise considering that Abrams Star Trek is referenced in Fringe, includes Leonard Nimoy, and both use "branch off" alternate time lines as plot devices. And in Fringe characters can share conscience (get confused), literally get another persons memories mixed up with theirs, and bring one's memory forward to replace another memory...Not to mention that Letters of Transit's color schemes match Star Trek's (2009) and that Nero is a kinetic out of control Romulin (which Romulins are related to Vulcans) who goes "bald" and looks like an Observer
ReplyDeleteI agree that it will have more than one meaning, as beyond having to choose which persona of one's self one wants to be, I think that it also comes down to any one persona's actual choices, which (at least in the first season) may difficult here, since in some ways Storybrooke had been repeating events from Fairytale Land. Additionally we don't know for sure if bringing magic back to Storybrooke actually breaks away from that 'fate' repeating, because magic is a way to start 'restoring' them back to Fairytale Land, or if they can also make some new decisions and attempt to 'break away' from it, now that the variables have been rearranged, and/or new one's added (the Emma factor)????????????
ReplyDeleteI am thinking this is reference to the whole "heroes/villains" thing. This season hints at a lot of very dirty secrets the characters of both "good and bad" keep, so the title might refer to them being both heroes and villains because nothing is black and white. :)
ReplyDeleteSo, the show's characters coming to grips with the fact that their Storybrooke identities have become just as real as their FTL identities?
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