Once Upon A Time Stereotypes

Many people would say that the ABC series Once Upon a Time is a lousy show, is unrealistic, and does not make sense or follow a good storyline; but over its first six seasons, Once Upon A Time has stolen my heart time and time again for many reasons. These writers and the creators of this show Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis have re-created many people's favorite scenes from their favorite movies like Prince Charming finding snow white and Waking her up with true love's kiss, or beauty and the beast dancing together, and they brought so many favorite and new characters to the show unlike anything before.The writers changed classical fairy tale stereotypes, they give the villains a chance at happy endings, and a deeper backstory than usual, …show more content…
Twisting them in fun ways and adding characters that never actually existed before, like Emma Swan the daughter of snow white and Prince Charming, or The Evil Queen’s Parents Henry and Cora adding more detail and a better storyline. Once Upon a Time is also not intended to be realistic, as it is a fairy tale. Even though that some of the characters are easily relatable to, giving a better connection from the show to the audience. The things that are known to be the most unrealistic is the portals time travel and characters living for hundreds of years. What I think that people don’t realize is that in a magical world like this portals time travel are two normal things. Living for a long time though, usually only happens for the villain and the curses they put on people. Either being in the show the entire series or four episodes, the writers make sure all of the characters are almost all equally complex with a complete backstory. The writers understand that each character makes the story …show more content…
Somehow, it is able to carefully unravel each woman's backstory and uncover her true motivations, allowing them a chance at redemption if they're brave enough to take it. Good or evil, no Once Upon A Time woman, royal or not, is looking for a man to save her. The constant vocalization of this, along with the characters' realization that they hold the power within themselves to save the day is refreshing, and inspiring in its rarity and importance.Emma's the Savior, but it's not a role she exactly embraced. Even though she might not embrace that, one thing has always been true: she's got guts, and she's would never back away from a fight, just because things seem impossible. She also once said, "No one saves me but me." once again proving that women don’t always need a prince charming. Regina is one of the most complex characters on the show, with a backstory that's is amazingly tragic She has found more strength within herself than anyone else on the show, letting the love for and from her son and some help from Emma, guide her back to the right path.She began forgiving herself and her past. Snow White has always been portrayed as a hero; but the show has shown us that despite the perception of Snow's perfection, she's still a human being and has made her share of dark actions. Instead of falling from grace, these actions made her more real. She got over them and rose back up to save the day