randomly refreshed my page and managed to catch this SECONDS after it was uploaded I don't care about the plans I had for tonight this is what I'll be doing now
Belle, Ruby, and we, the audience, all deserved better than the on and off Rumpelle shit -- But damn if Rumple/Robert Carlyle doesn't absolutely carry this show sometimes. Absolutely iconic actor and role. Oh, and of course, what a wonderful recap! Thanks for reminding me why I loved this show so much. Might need to start a rewatch to hold me over until the next video!
They should have had him commit, maybe a backslide once... then a while and another one, addiction has relapses in a normal road to recovery but what we got, the constant use of, Gold is bad again for plot device, drove me out of the show
LMAOOO love the pro choice disclaimer cause sometimes this show has such crazy sub-text stances that you realize and youre like ".." JSDFIDJSF AND YES !!! ruby/belle is such a good dynamic i felt like they had so much good chemistry, i can enjoy them platonically but i cant imagine whyyy i wouldnt simply headcanon that they're girlfriends. like... also same about billy :| i was so excited on my rewatch i was like "WHO IS THIS REALLY CUTE MAN !!!" and then he dies in the same episode he's introduced i was so. disappointed but unfortunately not surprised being a poc myself sdjufdsj oh god i cant WAIT for your s3 coverage !!! i've been rewatching ouat recently, and to be honest, with peace and love i found i couldn't stand season 3. i'm very sensitive to environmental design and lighting (one of the small peculiarities about my neurodivergent brain LMAOO), and seeing it be so dark and un-colorful in neverland constantly was just fun-poison for me personally, so im reallyyyy excited to hear about it from someone who praises it so much, and who enjoys the season as much as i wish i could LOL :D
Hahaha I'm glad the pro-choice message came across! I couldn't watch that episode and say nothing - it's too WEIRD the vibes are so weird in that episode. and yes!! justice for billy he did nothing wrong and yet here we are Neverland is really dark isn't it? I haven't rewatched in a hot minute so I'm interested in seeing if it holds up or not
I have been periodically checking for a season 2 video and when I got the notification for a new video I immediately let out a scream. Quite possibly one of the best recap series on youtube. You really cover such a complicated story (as someone who was constantly lost while watching the show when I was a kid) in such an interesting and clear manner.
The king young Cora meets in “The Miller’s Daughter” is her eventual husband Henry’s father…there’s no blood connection to Snow White’s family yet. But Eva and Cora’s deeper history is revealed more in a season 3 episode when it’s revealed that *Cora* wanted to marry Leopold (Snow’s father), and Eva snitched on Cora about her pregnancy with Zelena so she could marry him instead (Regina and Snow also comment then on the parallels with their own story). Which means that when Leopold married Regina, he was marrying his former lover’s daughter (although it’s implied he didn’t recognize Cora by then).
I've been so excited for you to make this video!! Season 2 has always been one of my favourite seasons, I love how much time and effort are put into these videos, they're amazing!!
I'm obsessed with your breakdown on this series!!!! The details you focus on really make me as a past viewer of the show completely melt, and I love using these videos as a sleep aid!!
LOVE this series, i was obsessed with this show and i feel so nostalgic reliving it. i had a thought that maybe you could print out X’s and put them on the people that are dead and another symbol for people who we won’t see again for the rest of the show, maybe it could help keep track of that and it will kind of set these people aside so it seems less cluttered. so excited for season 3!!!
The Cora - Henry(sr) - Leopold - Ava love circle is a little crazy. It's explained more in later seasons. But basically here's the run down. Cora is poor and working at a tavern where she meets some random man posing as a Prince. She sleeps with him thinking that marrying him will get her rich. She finds out he's not a prince, then finds out she's pregnant. A short time after that she meets a younger Leopold who's a prince about to be on the throne, and also in need of a wife. I'm pretty sure Princess Ava was already picked for him but he fell in love with Cora and wanted to marry her instead. Of course this sparks a rival between Cora and Ava. Cora is still pregnant by this random man and is trying to hide it from Leopold obviously so that she can marry him and be queen. But Ava finds out somehow, tells Leopold that she's pregnant by another man, and Cora is kicked to the curb. She's back to being poor, has her baby and abandons it (the baby ends up in Oz) and she's back to being a millers daughter. That's when she has that encounter with the young princess who she has to kneel in front of (who I think may have been Ava which is why that young princess was so mean to Cora) which leads her to be imprisoned and meeting Rumple. Because rumple helped her with the straw, she's set to be married to Henry. She and Rumple fall in love, he wants her to kill Henry and leave with him, but she decided to take out her own heart, marry Henry and plot to have her own daughter be more powerful than she was. Fastfoward, she waits till Regina is marrying age, poisons and kills Ava and sets up the saving of little Snow so that Leopold will marry Regina. Making her child the queen she could never be.
She’s back!! No joke, I’ve been checking in once a week for months to see if there would ever be more and I’m beyond delighted that there is! Thanks so much ❤
I used this video as a bedtime story before going to sleep. Yes I do fall asleep at some point during the video. The next day I would have to rewind to the part I left off at while I was awake
As someone who was an avid Oncer, may I just say, you are doing god’s work because anytime I was asked to explain this show I was always like “dude I can’t but trust me it’s good” lmao
i was LITERALLY JUST rewatching the first video a half hour ago !!!! this is such perfect timing, the first video is incredible and i just know this is going to be amazing :D !!! thank youuu for the hard work !
No joke, I like a lot of the concepts with OUAT, but there is A LOT of subtext in the film (that apparently the directors insist on not wanting to include, or not meaning to include) that really did bother me. Like the feelings of a very anti-adoption, pro-biological, very much birth orientated direction they have. It was just... strange. But there is so many fun things they could've done with the show.
It was quite strange! I think them realizing a lot of this weird subtext lead to some fix-it plotlines like Regina's redemption arc, but it's still weird to have included in the first place.
@@AvasReads Indeed. I also left the comment when you were talking about the Ruth and Snow choice for the Lake Nostos water too. Having delved into season 1, and a bit of season 2. It still felt odd.
Wow! You put so much time into these. It’s hard enough to follow the storyline as you talk about it, I can’t imagine how you kept track of so much. Thanks so much for these videos. I’m so excited to see you recount the timeline in Season 3. I hope you find the time & energy to do it.
must have been some divine intervention that you just posted this cos I just finished watching part one like 2 days ago, I am absolutely obsessed with this. also the belle aussie accent makes me laugh my ass off its amazing !!!!!
This video has me imagining a universe in which Belle divorces Mr gold and dates Ruby instead. Also I’m listening to this at work and the Australian accent sends me every time I hear it.
Season 3 is gonna take forever Omg but you take your time, I’m so excited! It’s so fun reliving this series with you! Season 3 gets gaggy… but season 2, very fun! Cora’s death is a little “RIP Bozo” but that scene was done well
1:59:37 I belive Cora lived in Snow's kingdom (ruled by her parents Leopold and Eva). Eva is from the royal family of another kingdom to the north of this one (ruled by her father or maybe uncle King Xavier). Cora was delivering flower to this neighbouring kingdom and that is where she sneaks into the ball thrown for Prince Henry, the youngest of Xavier's sons, to find a wife. So once she can spin straw into gold, Xavier lets her marry Prince Henry, but Henry has a lot of older brothers who were in line for the throne before him, so him and Cora couldn't become king and queen without a lot of bloodshed. Thus, she became determined to make her daughter queen, even naming her Regina (latin for queen). Of course, based on the storyline in s3 she has particular older beef with Eva and manipulates the events specifically for Regina to take Eva's place and marry Leopold (like Cora couldn't). So Eva and Prince Henry are likely related and Eva married Leopold before Cora married Henry.
Hooray! Your first video is one of my favourites! So happy you decided to do Season 2! (Side note: As someone who has never watched this series you explain plot points really well!)
One thing I always wondered was how did everyone just put their own conditions in the dark curse? Like how did Regina just kept Daniel or how did Rumple knew he was going to remember Emma's name
Right! I think the Rumple thing was the fact that he made the curse and just pawned it off to the closest evil queen, so he put all the loopholes in it not Regina. but I'm not sure about the daniel thing...
I'm rewatching OUAT and found your first video yesterday. I'm at the second part of the third season and I have a really good feeling that I'll be finishing it right about the same time you'll be posting the next video! Don't mind me but I'll just consider you my new bestie from now on ❤️
To make you feel better about thinking Tallahassee was in Tennessee, the major road going through a large section of the city is called Tennessee Street so like you’re basically right. To make you feel worse about it, though, it’s the literal Capital of Florida lol
Lol you very fully mentioned that Sebastian Stan was Bucky Barnes in the last video. But I'm glad you needed to make sure you got it in there because it is very important to note that 🤣
Love how everyone was telling henery to stay out of it even though hes the only reason the curse got broken and otherwise charming would have been in his comma,catherine would have been depressed,Belle would have been locked up still,Mary would have been single and all of the magic realms that were not afffected would have been done for.
I just started watching the show last week and watched your season one recap episode by episode as I went and it was so fun! Im thrilled your season 2 video is out just as I'm starting it!
“So, in Storybrooke, Captain Hook just got hit by a car”
The most unintentionally funny thing I’ve ever heard I think
RIGHT
randomly refreshed my page and managed to catch this SECONDS after it was uploaded I don't care about the plans I had for tonight this is what I'll be doing now
HAHA thank you! I think you were the first comment!
I love continuous Rumple and Rumbelle slander
As long as I am alive that man will never know peace.
@@AvasReadsIKR
This is quite literally the best thing that has happened in the past seven months. It was all worth it
thank you, anonymous commenter!
@@AvasReadswish you would choke me like Cora did Archie ;)
Belle, Ruby, and we, the audience, all deserved better than the on and off Rumpelle shit -- But damn if Rumple/Robert Carlyle doesn't absolutely carry this show sometimes. Absolutely iconic actor and role.
Oh, and of course, what a wonderful recap! Thanks for reminding me why I loved this show so much. Might need to start a rewatch to hold me over until the next video!
Absolutely Correct and correct and thank you so much!!!
They should have had him commit, maybe a backslide once... then a while and another one, addiction has relapses in a normal road to recovery but what we got, the constant use of, Gold is bad again for plot device, drove me out of the show
"Mulan notices that a ghost-like Raith appears to attack them"
*slaps a Minecraft ghast picture on the wall*
....
this broke me xD
LMAOOO love the pro choice disclaimer cause sometimes this show has such crazy sub-text stances that you realize and youre like ".." JSDFIDJSF
AND YES !!! ruby/belle is such a good dynamic i felt like they had so much good chemistry, i can enjoy them platonically but i cant imagine whyyy i wouldnt simply headcanon that they're girlfriends. like...
also same about billy :| i was so excited on my rewatch i was like "WHO IS THIS REALLY CUTE MAN !!!" and then he dies in the same episode he's introduced i was so. disappointed but unfortunately not surprised being a poc myself sdjufdsj
oh god i cant WAIT for your s3 coverage !!! i've been rewatching ouat recently, and to be honest, with peace and love i found i couldn't stand season 3. i'm very sensitive to environmental design and lighting (one of the small peculiarities about my neurodivergent brain LMAOO), and seeing it be so dark and un-colorful in neverland constantly was just fun-poison for me personally, so im reallyyyy excited to hear about it from someone who praises it so much, and who enjoys the season as much as i wish i could LOL :D
Hahaha I'm glad the pro-choice message came across! I couldn't watch that episode and say nothing - it's too WEIRD the vibes are so weird in that episode. and yes!! justice for billy he did nothing wrong and yet here we are
Neverland is really dark isn't it? I haven't rewatched in a hot minute so I'm interested in seeing if it holds up or not
I have been periodically checking for a season 2 video and when I got the notification for a new video I immediately let out a scream. Quite possibly one of the best recap series on youtube. You really cover such a complicated story (as someone who was constantly lost while watching the show when I was a kid) in such an interesting and clear manner.
thank you!!
Same, I've been waiting for this moment and it's finally here.
'do i look like i know what's going on, no' your so real for that.
thank you
The king young Cora meets in “The Miller’s Daughter” is her eventual husband Henry’s father…there’s no blood connection to Snow White’s family yet. But Eva and Cora’s deeper history is revealed more in a season 3 episode when it’s revealed that *Cora* wanted to marry Leopold (Snow’s father), and Eva snitched on Cora about her pregnancy with Zelena so she could marry him instead (Regina and Snow also comment then on the parallels with their own story). Which means that when Leopold married Regina, he was marrying his former lover’s daughter (although it’s implied he didn’t recognize Cora by then).
oh wow. the intergenerational implications of these PLOTS. thank you for the summary
I really love the resurgence of OUAT content
the moral of the story: nothing's better than the princess bride
So true, anonymous commenter!
Please take your time making the next one. Your personal health is so much more important. I will watch the third one whenever you decide to drop it
Thank you! That truly means so much
for season three, you could swap the placement of Snow and David, and itll probably will fix a lot of yer problems
thank you!! this helped when i was filming season 3a
the way i haven't checked for months for a second part and today just stumbled upon in 14 minutes after the upload definetly means something
a sign!!!
honestly as an australian this is not even CLOSE to the worst australian accent ive heard a non-australian attempt
No way! That means so much. I like to think I improve every day lol
I've been so excited for you to make this video!! Season 2 has always been one of my favourite seasons, I love how much time and effort are put into these videos, they're amazing!!
thank you so much!!
Ahh. I'm so happy someone is doing these. I stopped watching around s4 but I still want to know
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I'm obsessed with your breakdown on this series!!!! The details you focus on really make me as a past viewer of the show completely melt, and I love using these videos as a sleep aid!!
aw thank you so much!!
IVE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS VIDEO IM SO EXCITED
Take a shot every time someone is faking their identity 😂
Your accent for Belle is amazing😂
I am writing my thesis and have had your recap videos on in the background, you are saving my sanity, mate! XD
Good luck!!
LOVE this series, i was obsessed with this show and i feel so nostalgic reliving it. i had a thought that maybe you could print out X’s and put them on the people that are dead and another symbol for people who we won’t see again for the rest of the show, maybe it could help keep track of that and it will kind of set these people aside so it seems less cluttered. so excited for season 3!!!
The Cora - Henry(sr) - Leopold - Ava love circle is a little crazy. It's explained more in later seasons. But basically here's the run down.
Cora is poor and working at a tavern where she meets some random man posing as a Prince. She sleeps with him thinking that marrying him will get her rich. She finds out he's not a prince, then finds out she's pregnant. A short time after that she meets a younger Leopold who's a prince about to be on the throne, and also in need of a wife. I'm pretty sure Princess Ava was already picked for him but he fell in love with Cora and wanted to marry her instead. Of course this sparks a rival between Cora and Ava.
Cora is still pregnant by this random man and is trying to hide it from Leopold obviously so that she can marry him and be queen. But Ava finds out somehow, tells Leopold that she's pregnant by another man, and Cora is kicked to the curb. She's back to being poor, has her baby and abandons it (the baby ends up in Oz) and she's back to being a millers daughter.
That's when she has that encounter with the young princess who she has to kneel in front of (who I think may have been Ava which is why that young princess was so mean to Cora) which leads her to be imprisoned and meeting Rumple.
Because rumple helped her with the straw, she's set to be married to Henry. She and Rumple fall in love, he wants her to kill Henry and leave with him, but she decided to take out her own heart, marry Henry and plot to have her own daughter be more powerful than she was.
Fastfoward, she waits till Regina is marrying age, poisons and kills Ava and sets up the saving of little Snow so that Leopold will marry Regina. Making her child the queen she could never be.
WOW. Yeah okay. That is complicated. Thank you for the clarification!
She’s back!! No joke, I’ve been checking in once a week for months to see if there would ever be more and I’m beyond delighted that there is! Thanks so much ❤
Have I seen an episode of this show? Nope. Am I intrigued enough for season 3? Absolutely!
spoiler everyone is related somehow.
no but you should watch the show its great! :) hook is ❤
I used this video as a bedtime story before going to sleep. Yes I do fall asleep at some point during the video. The next day I would have to rewind to the part I left off at while I was awake
Thank you so much for making these ! They are so fun to watch. I know the story already, but I just love the way you break everything down.
As someone who was an avid Oncer, may I just say, you are doing god’s work because anytime I was asked to explain this show I was always like “dude I can’t but trust me it’s good” lmao
my god woman, you left me waiting for such a long time i had to rewatch the entire show lmao. welcome back!!!
YESSSS WE BACK!! I'm going to watch this video tonight. I can't wait I love s2
The shrek edit of the reunion scene killed me
THANK you i'm so proud of it
Literally one of the best videos on youtube!! The princess bribe references are iconic!!
I just want you to know I have been checking youtube multiple times a day to see if you uploaded since part 1. Thank you so much!!!
Ahhh no way! Glad to have you back
@@AvasReads I’ll be here for season 3 💖
Take your time love, you’ve got an amazing thing going!!! 😁😁😁
Doing belles accent is a very immersive choice
HAHAHA half the time I don't even think about it. It's just a calling.
i was LITERALLY JUST rewatching the first video a half hour ago !!!! this is such perfect timing, the first video is incredible and i just know this is going to be amazing :D !!! thank youuu for the hard work !
hell yes i have been making sure to check for this video!
I've been waitingting for this one. Please don't stop making these
No joke, I like a lot of the concepts with OUAT, but there is A LOT of subtext in the film (that apparently the directors insist on not wanting to include, or not meaning to include) that really did bother me. Like the feelings of a very anti-adoption, pro-biological, very much birth orientated direction they have. It was just... strange. But there is so many fun things they could've done with the show.
It was quite strange! I think them realizing a lot of this weird subtext lead to some fix-it plotlines like Regina's redemption arc, but it's still weird to have included in the first place.
To have included the anti-adoption plotlines in the first place I mean.
@@AvasReads Indeed. I also left the comment when you were talking about the Ruth and Snow choice for the Lake Nostos water too. Having delved into season 1, and a bit of season 2. It still felt odd.
I have BEEN WAITING for this and I cannot believe TH-cam did not recommend it to me till now
patiently awaiting ouat season 3 recap!!
Wow! You put so much time into these. It’s hard enough to follow the storyline as you talk about it, I can’t imagine how you kept track of so much. Thanks so much for these videos. I’m so excited to see you recount the timeline in Season 3. I hope you find the time & energy to do it.
yesss can't wait for season three! Your first video made me re-binge the series and I loved this video!!
this is my favorite and only way to consume pop culture. i wish I was kidding. you rock
Your first video actually made me start a rewatch of the show! I just finished season 3 so I’m so happy for more! Thanks for doing this!
So glad the second part is out now. After watching your video I went on a deep dive of the show again.
love the nostalgia!!! i was obsessed with OUAT freshman year of high school
must have been some divine intervention that you just posted this cos I just finished watching part one like 2 days ago, I am absolutely obsessed with this. also the belle aussie accent makes me laugh my ass off its amazing !!!!!
i have so much respect for you explaining ouat i've seen the show multiple times and still get confused 😂❤
Please do season 3!!! I love these recaps so much
After so many times watching this video while I was sleeping but also not wanting to miss anything I love it so much
the crazy thing about this show is that despite the insane family tree they managed to avoid an incest plot😀😀
edit: 1:27:22 called it lolll
I can’t believe it’s been 6 days and my TH-cam just now put this on my feed. IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!!
If you continue this series, I would watch it. Keep up the good work Ava 😁😁👍
I’ve been meaning to finish season two for ages and I binged the first video yesterday. I think this is a sign lol
PLEASE do season 3 these are my comfort videos
Really can't wait for your recap of season 3!!! A few others are trying to do this but you're OG !!! ❤❤❤
This video has me imagining a universe in which Belle divorces Mr gold and dates Ruby instead.
Also I’m listening to this at work and the Australian accent sends me every time I hear it.
Season 3 is gonna take forever Omg but you take your time, I’m so excited! It’s so fun reliving this series with you! Season 3 gets gaggy… but season 2, very fun! Cora’s death is a little “RIP Bozo” but that scene was done well
1:59:37 I belive Cora lived in Snow's kingdom (ruled by her parents Leopold and Eva). Eva is from the royal family of another kingdom to the north of this one (ruled by her father or maybe uncle King Xavier). Cora was delivering flower to this neighbouring kingdom and that is where she sneaks into the ball thrown for Prince Henry, the youngest of Xavier's sons, to find a wife. So once she can spin straw into gold, Xavier lets her marry Prince Henry, but Henry has a lot of older brothers who were in line for the throne before him, so him and Cora couldn't become king and queen without a lot of bloodshed. Thus, she became determined to make her daughter queen, even naming her Regina (latin for queen). Of course, based on the storyline in s3 she has particular older beef with Eva and manipulates the events specifically for Regina to take Eva's place and marry Leopold (like Cora couldn't). So Eva and Prince Henry are likely related and Eva married Leopold before Cora married Henry.
Hooray! Your first video is one of my favourites! So happy you decided to do Season 2! (Side note: As someone who has never watched this series you explain plot points really well!)
I’ve seen other videos of once upon a time and I purposely did not watch them because I’ve been waiting for you to come back. I’m so excited!!!
But you deserve the adsense tho, thanks for coming back with another (2 and a half hour) storytelling
Aww thank you!
Yay! Have been waiting for this
I wasn't on youtube for 3 days so i'm seeyong it just now AND THAT'S MADE MY WEEK!!!
I would love to watch a season 3. Thanks for making these videos.
Thumbnail honestly sums up the show perfectly.
no because i was thinking about you making another recap just days before you posted this. my prayers have been answered
Thank you for continuing this!! I love this and I'm sorry for your anxiety, but I'd love a Season 3 dive!
One thing I always wondered was how did everyone just put their own conditions in the dark curse? Like how did Regina just kept Daniel or how did Rumple knew he was going to remember Emma's name
Right! I think the Rumple thing was the fact that he made the curse and just pawned it off to the closest evil queen, so he put all the loopholes in it not Regina. but I'm not sure about the daniel thing...
I'm rewatching OUAT and found your first video yesterday. I'm at the second part of the third season and I have a really good feeling that I'll be finishing it right about the same time you'll be posting the next video! Don't mind me but I'll just consider you my new bestie from now on ❤️
To make you feel better about thinking Tallahassee was in Tennessee, the major road going through a large section of the city is called Tennessee Street so like you’re basically right.
To make you feel worse about it, though, it’s the literal Capital of Florida lol
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE AND I SOMEHOW STILL MISSED IT BEING UPLOADED
Lol you very fully mentioned that Sebastian Stan was Bucky Barnes in the last video. But I'm glad you needed to make sure you got it in there because it is very important to note that 🤣
Oh I did??? My memory is not like it used to be apparently. I'm glad we all think it's important!
i need a season 3. i also need the the whole series please. your doing the lords work. your the strongest soldier in this world for this 🥵
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
Love this so big. you crushed it, again!
Yesssss please continue this recap, i might even take the time in between to watch season 3 so that i'm also up-to-date
loved the first part glad to see the second part! :)
OMG I manifested this! Thank youuu
Love how everyone was telling henery to stay out of it even though hes the only reason the curse got broken and otherwise charming would have been in his comma,catherine would have been depressed,Belle would have been locked up still,Mary would have been single and all of the magic realms that were not afffected would have been done for.
ill be patiently waiting for season 3
would love to see you do season three! thanks so much for this. you might need a bigger board for the family tree though 😅😂
Was patiently waiting for this!!
I just rewatched this for like the 5eh time, and can i just say i literally cannot wait for season3
i understand and am willing to wait for season 3 the show just gets stranger from here!
yesss i would absolutely watch a season 3 recap!!! i think it’s my fav season too 😝😝
i’ve literally been waaaaitttinnngggg for this vid💓💓💓
Great video! It was thorough and enjoyable to listen to! 😊
I honestly can't wait for upur season 3 video, i loved this
oh my god as you neared the end of season 2, i remembered a huge, HUGE plot reveal in season 3
the people who haven't yet watched the show are NOT ready
i'm currently rewatching season 2 and i must say... we were robbed of mulan and aurora as couple
we truly were
Please make a season 3! This is the only thing getting me through life and school😭🫶🏻
please please do season 3. take your time but this is so fun
came for the ouat recap, stayed for the princess bride commentary
Last season I thought Emma killed Maleficient. How is Maleficient still alive for Hook to battle this season?
Absolutely love these videos!
I'm currently watching Once season 2 and this video was still so fun to watch you're so much fun!
The only person on this app who is convincing me to re watch ouat so well😌
I just started watching the show last week and watched your season one recap episode by episode as I went and it was so fun! Im thrilled your season 2 video is out just as I'm starting it!