OUAT S4 E19 Sympathy for the De Vil
Added 2021-12-13 13:19:26 +0000 UTC
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I severely dislike Emma, but I am on her side here. Snow and Charming have walked around the last 4 seasons acting like they are better than everyone else because they were true pure heroes who never even made small mistakes, let alone something as heinously selfishly evil as kidnapping another person's baby so you can take any darkness out you your own baby and curse the other baby with it.
Lucile Byrd
2024-05-11 01:29:25 +0000 UTCI remember a lot fo people feeling the same way!
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2023-11-08 21:03:21 +0000 UTCI surprisingly ended up loving this episode when I initially hated that they added Cruella to the season. Really helped explained the author concept/alt worlds/etc.
CrystalDeth
2023-11-08 18:26:49 +0000 UTCI was so sad that they killed her off too because her character was so fun! Have you seen Cruella? I loved it
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2022-01-31 23:07:47 +0000 UTCCurella is A++ Honestly, Emma's anger lasted a little too long. Like yes, she has a right to be mad, but I feel like it lasted too long. Like I know it's to show her possible darkness but still...chill. I adore this episode so much. Cruella's backstory has to be one of my all-time favorites of OUAT. Like at the end of the day she's not some sympathetic girl whose life got ruined to turn her onto the dark path...no...she straight-up wanted to kill. She was a sociopath and I LOVE that they did that. The saddest part is that they killed her off in the same episode. I loved her character.
Shay-Thelogicaldreamer
2022-01-27 23:16:13 +0000 UTCI mean, Emma could’ve just transported Cruella somewhere or frozen her rather than killing her, but I guess in the moment she didn’t want to take any chances of Henry getting hurt.
Ryan
2022-01-06 05:50:35 +0000 UTCI know wrote too much but this is one last thing about Cruella de Vil she was actually supposed to have magic come through her cigarette Disney wouldn't allow that detailed
Alex A Alvarenga
2021-12-16 18:16:16 +0000 UTCYeah she wasn't able to Kill the Angry Birds cuz she can't kill anything hilarious
Alex A Alvarenga
2021-12-16 18:15:48 +0000 UTCOmg I just found it LOL
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2021-12-16 12:44:08 +0000 UTCPower from the coat would've been a cool idea! It's funny you brought up Anita because I JUST edited that episode for youtube this past Monday lol
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2021-12-16 12:41:24 +0000 UTCMaybe she's still ali...ah damn it. LOL
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2021-12-16 12:37:16 +0000 UTCYes! I thought she would look more panicked or regretful, and she was just like opps guess I am bad. No Emma, No! lol I agree, the decision they made is ironically what is ultimately turning her dark. They basically took away her free will to choose her own path and it's having major consequences.
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2021-12-16 12:36:43 +0000 UTCI literally lol'd after reading "sacrificing a baby to fundamentally change your being." LOL You're right, but I think it's more now she see's that they're the type of people who wouldn't do that and would be more careful in the decisions they make. However, I guess WE know that but it's harder for Emma to see. Especially considering she has technically only known them for like a year now lol
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2021-12-16 12:33:53 +0000 UTCYou completely missed the scene where Cruella was playing Angry Birds on her phone. LOL!
Steve C
2021-12-15 06:51:37 +0000 UTC[( #CruellaDevil had 2 other background stories) ]#Didyouknow ... that the writers of #OnceUponaTime had (2) other ideas for a background storys for 🐕🍸Cruella de Vil🍾🐶 come chat with me about this famous iconic villain character <--- [B]1)So the first one was talk at an convention before we got the #queensofDarkness Adam&Eddie said that #Devil #magic comes from her #furcoat---> *I remember being super excited! because I was safying how can she have magic? but once they said it comes from her fur coats I was so thrilled but of course that never happened😭 <----- [B]2)Also if you guys remember back in #season2 when we got another backstory for #RedRidinghood #Rubys mom name was [ #Anita ]& I remember at that moment she has to have some type of connections with #DeVille but this was back in season 2 we only had Pongo and my prediction was that < #Pongo was a real person> #curella [B]I also remember a couple interviews with Adam&Eddie. they said that #CrulleaDeville was going to have magic from her coat and then we got to think.. there must be some type of connection with #wolf fur perhaps Cruella &Anita we're friends and Cruella did something to her. some tragic background story but the background story that we got for #cruella was EPIC I just wanted to explain to you guys that there was other options that once upon a time writers were going at one point
Alex A Alvarenga
2021-12-14 22:24:41 +0000 UTCDon’t forget one of the laws of magic is you can’t bring someone back from the dead, so even the author wouldn’t have the power to do so.
Malachi Fuimaono
2021-12-14 08:32:19 +0000 UTCwhat an episode! i love this one a lot, and i love cruelles backstory. it’s such an interesting take on both her story and more backstory for the author. so cool!! i also was very shocked when emma pushed her off like that. i was expecting to see more regret afterwards, but i honeslty only saw shock from her. i think it’s interesting that since emma found out about what her parents did, the more wrong decisions she has made. it seems almost like the thing charming and snow did to keep their child good is the thing making her worse. she is now holding this grudge against them, making her anger build up, and so as all the other stuff is happening, she takes out that anger (ex on cruella) and she’s showing more of a “dark side”. just noticed that and thought it was interesting. thank you for this reaction, and i’m so excited for the next episode, it’s another one of my favorites from this season! ❤️
hello6775
2021-12-13 21:00:08 +0000 UTCI think Emma holding that grudge is kinda justified? Yes they are sorry, but her parents really screwed up. You mentioned that you also forgave people you love that did shitty things occasionally, but I don´t think anything was on the same scale as literally sacrificing a baby to fundamentally change your being. So, given the circumstances, I get that Emma isn´t willing to forgive them immediately, even if they apologized to her. Cruella´s backstory is interesting. It feels like she might have been the first instance of the author abusing his power and changing things. You would think he would learn his lesson after how much he screwed up with Cruella, but I guess it just reinforced his idea that chaos like that make better stories.
Beny
2021-12-13 17:04:22 +0000 UTCSympathy for the De Vil- Thank you very much for another fabulous reaction for Once Upon a Time, Jessie!! And what an amazing episode! Sympathy For the De Vil is easily one of my favorites from the Queens of Darkness arc, as well as throughout this season overall. I really love it. :) I think this episode starts off a little slowly, but I really, really love the overall backstory for Cruella, including this beginning upon seeing little Cruella. I especially love how this beginning and most of the episode makes us feel sorry for her because we are led to believe that her mother is the evil one and treats Cruella cruelly because she comes after her daughter with dogs and locks her away within the attic, only to learn by the end just how wrong we are to feel sorry for her upon discovering that she's evil since she was a little girl, simply because she loves being so cruel. It's brilliant! Next... I really like the scene between Cruella and Maleficent, who comes to her seeking the truth about what happened to her daughter years ago after they all fell together through the portal into our world. I love the moment Maleficent transforms into a dragon when Cruella refuses to talk and then how Cruella uses her own magic to put Maleficent to sleep. I also love the title card showing the 101 Dalmatians, just as I love hearing Cruella's song from the Disney movie as well... Cruella De Vil played throughout this episode in her backstory too. I love all of the nods to her character in the Disney movie. It's all very smart and it adds a lot to her character even in Once Upon a Time. I love Cruella's overall backstory. It's amazing to see how it is she comes to not only have black and white hair, as well as her crazy eyebrows, but it also reveals how Cruella comes to have magic that allows her to control all animals and creatures, when she never had magic in her movies. And her story is fantastic, even beautiful. As for her persuasion magic... it is designed to reflect Cruella's green cigarette smoke she constantly puffs into Roger's face all throughout the original Disney movie... 101 Dalmatians, which I really like too. I love how her story includes the Author, which also reveals how Isaac comes to begin his corrupt path upon losing sight of simply recording history, as he begins to recreate the worlds and the people around him as well by conjuring things for Cruella with the magic of the quill and his special ink by trying to win her heart and to impress her. Which only causes him to gain a thirst for changing the stories for his own personal gain. I love, love, love how Isaac reveals to us through his revelation to Cruella inside the elegant restaurant, that her world is just one of the many realms he travels to. Realms of storytelling that exist out of time. And I love how beautifully Cruella's world parallels to the Author and Cruella both formerly reading The Great Gatsby within this episode too. I just love this scene between them, even though we know the kind of person Cruella really is, and that Isaac also comes to a villain himself. If they weren't villains, I really actually would have loved to see these two characters in a romantic relationship because I think they really look really cute together. I love how the Author comes to tell Cruella everything about him and shows her the truth about him having such great power upon falling in love with her, in spite of Cruella manipulating him in every way so that she can get out from under her mother's control. I just love their scenes together, from when Isaac helps Cruella to escape from her attic by magicking the key up outside of her window, to when Isaac uses the quill to take away Cruella's happy ending. This brings me to my favorite moment within this entire episode, when the Author returns to Cruella inside her attic after she uses her magic to turn her mother's dalmatians against her to kill her, then confronts Cruella upon seeing that her mother had told him the truth about how evil Cruella really is once he discovers that Cruella has stolen his quill. While it's dark and cruel upon seeing that Cruella had turned the dogs into her fur coat, like we know about Cruella from the Disney movie, I love how her revealing her fur coat to him proves to him once and for all just how evil she really is. And then... what happens next between them escalates quickly, when Isaac uses his quill and ink to take away Cruella ability to kill, which is the only thing she truly feels any pleasure from, as her mother had previously told Isaac that she sought pleasure by killing her three husbands. Just before Isaac takes away her ability to kill though... Cruella suddenly snatches the special ink out of anger and Isaac attempts to grab it back, until they lose control as it spills all over Cruella, causing the power within the ink to transform her and make her even darker. It turns half of her hair and her eyebrows black and twists her mind until she feels nothing but rage and hatred, not just towards the Author, but towards everything. This is what the ink does to her. It doesn't just change her hair color. It twists her mind so much, so that there is nothing but evil left within her. I absolutely love this scene. It's so terrifying and amazing. And Victoria Smurfit as Cruella is absolutely phenomenal throughout this episode. It's because of this episode that most fans of this show come to loving Cruella as one of their favorite villains throughout the entire show. And I agree with all those who think so. Cruella is definitely among my favorite villains, all thanks to this episode alone. And this brings me to the overall Storybrooke storyline... I absolutely love the ending between Cruella, Henry, and Emma, when Emma finally comes upon Cruella to save her son, and is forced to face whether or not she should kill the woman threatening her son's life. It's tragic, because while it's revealed to us and to David and Mary Margaret that Cruella can't kill or harm anyone, and therefore that Henry is not in any real danger, Emma doesn't know this. All she sees is Cruella holding a gun to her son's head. So Emma does the only thing she can think of, as she uses her own magic to force Cruella backwards off the cliff behind her and kills her. Emma's face in this moment after Henry runs into her arms to embrace her... scary, dark, and so brilliant! Now, in case you've noticed or wondered why Emma's face may appear sickly, or pain ridden throughout this episode, and as I mentioned in my comments under your previous reaction for Best Laid Plans... Jennifer Morrison suffers from severe migraines and has for a long time. However, she suffered from them more so than she ever has before during the filming of this half of the season, which is why her face always looks so pale and sickly throughout this arc. And while it's tragic that she suffered so much from them throughout the filming of this season and I absolutely feel bad for her, I think it really works in her favor for what the creators and writers are trying to pull of with her character, as Emma is struggling with keeping from turning dark. Especially in this episode. I absolutely love Cruella's entire backstory and present day storyline, which unfortunately and yet brilliantly results in Cruella's death and a dark turn point for Emma. Overall... it's a phenomenal episode. I only wish that Killian was in this episode more than he was, which might be my only real complaint. However, I really enjoy the scene between him, Emma, and Regina too, as Killian and Regina try to convince Emma to forgive her parents, as they try to remind her that she has forgiven both of them for their past sins too. I love how Emma bites back by saying that neither Hook, nor Regina ever hid from anyone who they were back then. Never hid the truth that they were villains, yet that her parents pretend to be heroes and yet they do something evil. Emma is right about Killian certainly never trying to hide how evil he was when he was still Captain Hook. However, Regina did deny herself as being evil for quite a long time before she finally recognized herself to be the Evil Queen, as is shown in season two's episode... The Evil Queen. Regina killed an entire village, yet she had blamed their deaths on Snow White while she still saw herself to be the people's benevolent Queen. So, Regina didn't always admit to who she really was, while Hook most certainly always did. Thank you so much, Jessie! I absolutely loved your reaction for this episode, and I am so happy you loved it so, so much!!! These last few episodes are really good, and I especially cannot wait for your reactions to the two part season finale!!! Until your next reactions for these final episode, my dear friend... Sincerely, Heidi
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2021-12-13 15:28:58 +0000 UTC
