Do we know if the app is down as it won't load.

Edit: Thanks for the tips had to uninstall and reinstall app along with rebooting my phone

I think its a good idea but it should have been targeted toward their "less successful animated films" Not sure why Moana got a live action so early clearly it was a money grab. Movies I think they should make.

Atlantis

Treasure Planet

Tangled (Now In Production)

Princess and The Frog

The Emperor's New Groove

Edit:

The Black Cauldron

The Sword in The Stone

They have so many opportunities they are missing!

What are some epsiodes you feel are the most overlooked?

Any episodes you feel often get left out by the Fandom?

This is just a headcanon, so I know there is not a ton of direct proof, but I think there may have originally been more enchanted trees before Regina cast the Dark Curse.

My theory is that Cora destroyed most of them to make sure Regina’s curse would actually happen.

We know enchanted wood was powerful enough to protect people from the curse because of the wardrobe. But there is also a scene where Cora casts a protection spell over a small part of the land, and she does it using a piece of wood. Enchanted wood.

That makes me wonder: where did Cora get it?

If enchanted trees were supposedly rare, Cora having enchanted wood feels suspicious. It could imply there were once more enchanted trees, or at least more enchanted wood available than the show directly tells us.

Cora also says Regina needed to think she had won. That line feels important. Cora would absolutely manipulate the situation from behind the scenes while letting Regina believe the curse was entirely her victory.

So my headcanon is that Cora destroyed most of the enchanted trees to remove escape options and force the curse to play out. But she left one tree behind, knowing Snow and Charming would use it to save Emma.

Why leave one?

Because Emma surviving meant the curse could eventually be broken. If the curse was never broken, Regina would remain trapped in Storybrooke forever and Cora would lose access to her daughter and the larger game.

So Cora leaving one enchanted tree would not be an act of mercy. It would be a contingency plan.

She needed Regina to cast the curse, think she had won, and eventually have that victory unravel at the right time.

Again, not saying the show confirms this, but it feels very Cora: destroy every exit except the one that benefits her later.

Here goes.. im a 27male. I have never had the courage to admit this anywhere else. When I was younger around 7 or 8. I was assaulted by several family members. However I distinctly remeber two. An older cousin and my older half brother. I remeber my brother's so vividly as it happened multiple times until I was around 14.

No one knows but these expirences have warped my view on sex and likely influences by sexuality.

I have struggled with my sexuality since high school and I often have anxiety around it. I have done dangerous things like hook up with random men and women both however it is mostly men.

I deleted all my hookup apps and haven't done nothing like that in two years. However I find myself addicted to porn, keeping several files located in a one drive that i view every other day.

Everyone in my life asks me why I dont have a girlfriend they fail to understand that my mind is so fucked up that I am not in the right mind space. Im even 90% sure I dont want kids cause of what happened.

Also my paternal uncle used to make terrible statements about me being gay even though I wasn't sure back then just like now. It seemed liked he was protecting on me so much to the point where I told my family I want nothing to do with him.

The older cousin who molested me died a few years ago

My half brother has a beautiful baby girl but I tend to keep my distance due to this fact. I often question if he Remebers.

I can go several days without thinking about it but random days like today it pops back up.

I want to start therapy but honestly dont know where to begin or if I could afford it.

While I dont go to church I have a gospel Playlist I like to listen to when im down.

I just hope that one day I can be "normal" or close to it..

Edit: Thanks everyone for their support. Im in the process of trying to find a therapist. Im based off of the US so its going to be a bit of a challenge

I'm a 27 year old man and still don't have a driver's license or really know how to drive.

I've carried a lot of embarrassment about this, and I guess I'm finally admitting it.

Back in high school, when Driver's Ed came around, I wasn't allowed to take it because my mom said my older sister had to learn first. Looking back, I think it was mostly a financial issue since she was basically raising us on her own. My sister eventually learned to drive, but somehow I just got left behind.

When I was 17, I actually got another chance to take Driver's Ed. Unfortunately, I came down with one of the worst cases of the flu I've ever had and missed the second class, which meant I couldn't continue.

After that, I spent years asking more experienced family members to teach me. Every single one of them promised they would, but it never happened. Something always came up, and eventually people just stopped bringing it up.

Life kept moving. I caught rides to work from coworkers and family for years, and eventually I landed a work-from-home job. I've now been working remotely for three years, and honestly I've lost a lot of the motivation to learn.

These days almost everything can be delivered. On top of that, all I ever hear from people who do drive are complaints about car payments, insurance, gas, repairs, and how expensive everything has become. Sometimes it makes me wonder if I'm really missing out.

That said, I know driving is an important life skill. Emergencies happen, situations change, and I don't want to be dependent on other people forever. I know it's something I need to work on, even if I've let it go for way too long.

I guess I'm posting this because I'm curious if anyone else got to adulthood without learning to drive, or if anyone has been in a similar situation. Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one.

I'm 27 years old man and still don't have a driver's license or really know how to drive.

I've carried a lot of embarrassment about this, and I guess I'm finally admitting it.

Back in high school, when Driver's Ed came around, I wasn't allowed to take it because my mom said my older sister had to learn first. Looking back, I think it was mostly a financial issue since she was basically raising us on her own. My sister eventually learned to drive, but somehow I just got left behind.

When I was 17, I actually got another chance to take Driver's Ed. Unfortunately, I came down with one of the worst cases of the flu I've ever had and missed the second class, which meant I couldn't continue.

After that, I spent years asking more experienced family members to teach me. Every single one of them promised they would, but it never happened. Something always came up, and eventually people just stopped bringing it up.

Life kept moving. I caught rides to work from coworkers and family for years, and eventually I landed a work-from-home job. I've now been working remotely for three years, and honestly I've lost a lot of the motivation to learn.

These days almost everything can be delivered. On top of that, all I ever hear from people who do drive are complaints about car payments, insurance, gas, repairs, and how expensive everything has become. Sometimes it makes me wonder if I'm really missing out.

That said, I know driving is an important life skill. Emergencies happen, situations change, and I don't want to be dependent on other people forever. I know it's something I need to work on, even if I've let it go for way too long.

I guess I'm posting this because I'm curious if anyone else got to adulthood without learning to drive, or if anyone has been in a similar situation. Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one.

I see I have a pending refund? New to current. What is the timeline?

I think we can all agree that the moment we saw Emma Swan’s name etched into the Dark One dagger, Season 5 instantly became one of the most anticipated seasons of Once Upon a Time. The promo material, especially Ginnifer Goodwin’s voiceover in the Dark Swan trailer, made it seem like we were about to get one of the darkest and most emotional arcs of the entire show.

However, I’m currently rewatching the series, and just like when Season 5 first aired, I still feel like the Dark Swan arc was kind of a letdown. Don’t attack me, this is just my personal opinion. I think the arc had incredible potential, but it did not fully stick the landing.

First, the Dark Curse again? I’m sorry, but by this point the Dark Curse had lost a lot of its impact. After Season 3, it stopped feeling as dangerous, rare, or powerful as it originally was. The first Dark Curse felt like forbidden magic with a terrible price. By Season 5, it felt more like another reset button for the writers to move everyone back to Storybrooke and create another memory-loss mystery.

Because of that, I think the Camelot arc should have been told chronologically, similar to Neverland. Instead of flashing back and forth between Storybrooke and Camelot, we should have experienced Camelot as the events were happening. The flashbacks could have been used to explore Camelot’s past, Arthurian lore, Merlin’s history, and the kingdom itself, while the main story showed Emma slowly slipping into darkness.

A slow burn would have worked so much better for Emma.

Speaking of Emma becoming the Dark One, I wish the show had actually let her be dark. The season promised Dark Swan, but it never fully committed to that idea. Emma did questionable things, but a lot of her actions were eventually framed as part of a plan to save Hook and destroy the darkness. That made the arc feel safer than it should have been.

I think Emma should have made genuinely selfish choices. She should have enjoyed the power at times. She should have crossed lines while convincing herself it was necessary. I even think she should have possibly killed someone, not because she suddenly became evil overnight, but because she slowly convinced herself that her actions were justified.

To me, a stronger reason for Emma embracing the darkness would have been betrayal. Instead of giving in to the darkness mainly to save Hook, which felt somewhat similar to her sacrificing herself for Regina in the Season 4 finale, Emma could have been manipulated by Arthur or by the Dark One voice in her head. She could have started to believe that the heroes only valued her as the Savior and were willing to betray Emma Swan, the person, for the greater good.

That would have hit Emma’s deepest wound: abandonment.

Also, this was not Hook’s story.

I know Hook wanted to save Emma, and there is nothing wrong with that. But throughout this arc, he became very frustrating to watch. Once he found out Emma lied to him, he turned on her almost immediately. I understand being angry, but he literally killed Merlin just to get revenge on Rumplestiltskin, and then he marked Emma’s entire family for death. Like… what?

The Dark Hook twist shifted the focus away from Emma at the exact moment her arc should have reached its climax. Season 5 was promoted as Emma’s Dark One story, but by the winter finale, it felt like the emotional focus had moved to Hook’s corruption, Hook’s revenge, and Hook’s sacrifice. Hook becoming a Dark One was not necessarily impossible as an idea, but the way it happened made Emma feel secondary in her own storyline.

Merlin was another huge missed opportunity. He was built up as one of the most important magical figures in the entire series, only to be trapped, controlled, and killed way too quickly. Merlin should have had a much larger role in Emma’s journey. He could have been her mentor, her opponent, or the one person who truly understood the danger of trying to destroy darkness instead of learning how to face it.

The Arthurian characters in general deserved more.

Guinevere especially was mishandled. Arthur magically controlled her, but the show barely addressed how serious that violation was. OUAT already had an uncomfortable pattern of taking away characters’ agency and not fully dealing with it, with Graham and Robin being two major examples. Guinevere should have broken free, confronted Arthur, and played a major role in reclaiming Camelot.

Instead, her story just kind of fades into the background.

I also think making Rumplestiltskin the Dark One again was a mistake, at least that early. Rumple finally started proving that he could be brave without magic, only for the show to reveal that he secretly became the Dark One again. It was in character for him, but it also undercut what could have been a much stronger arc.

I would have loved to see more of mortal Rumple navigating Storybrooke without magic. He could have been forced to confront the things he did as the Dark One without having power to hide behind. If he eventually relapsed and took the darkness back, it should have happened after a longer struggle, not almost immediately after he started showing real growth.

Overall, I think the Dark Swan arc had all the ingredients to be one of the strongest arcs in the show. Emma as the Dark One, Camelot, Merlin, Excalibur, Arthur, Rumple without magic, and the question of whether a Savior can fall from grace? That is amazing material.

But the execution felt too safe, too rushed, and too distracted.

The show promised us Dark Swan, but it never fully let Emma fall.

What do you think? Did you enjoy the Dark Swan arc, or do you also feel like Season 5 had more potential than payoff?

Im not sure if any other guys feel this way but I needed to talk about it. For years I have been dealing with women centered men, I don't think this is talked about enough!!

For context I live in NC and am a 27 year old man. My whole.life i have been surrounded by these type of men. My uncle, my barber, and several men I worked with at a plant job I have long sense quit.

To add more i am an introvert and have a hard time enough being comfortable talking to people in general but these men make it nearly impossible.

Growing up my barber and uncle would often share tales of their sexual conquest and as I got older it got a lot worse they decided since im older they would have more and more details.

Working at a plant was even worse. They would talk about sex and pussy ALL DAY LONG! From 8am-to 6PM!

Then when I dont engage Im weird or possibly gay? No I dont want to picture you having sex with women. Its weird! Why do you talk about pussy for 8 hours straight? Why do you want to hear how details about another man's sex life?WEIRD.

The last straw was my uncle who stated he was going to buy my brother a prostitute for his 15th birthday. I immediately shut it down. Its weird your trying to buy your underage nephew pussy. Im not letting some grown woman turn my brother out and he turns into a weirdo like yall and he has an unhealthy relationship with sex.

Sorry this has been building up for years.

Male, 27 here. My birthday was Monday the 22nd, and honestly, it wasn't much fun at all.

Because of financial strains, I had to cancel my birthday trip so I could pay bills instead. I didn't do anything special, just made myself a steak and some potatoes and called it a day.

What has really been bothering me is that I always try to make sure the people in my life feel special on their birthdays. My older sister's birthday was two weeks before mine, and I made sure she had her favorite cheesecake. I did the same for my god sister, whose birthday is the day after hers.

When my birthday came around, I got a few "happy birthdays," and that was pretty much it. No presents, which honestly doesn't bother me because I'm not materialistic, but nobody really tried to make the day feel special either. The only people who really made an effort were my mom and younger brother, and because of their own financial situation, there was only so much they could do.

Even something simple would have meant a lot.

For example, my god sister had planned to do my hair while I was off work for what was supposed to be my vacation week, but that never happened and keeps getting postponed. Again, it isn't about the hair itself. It's more about feeling like people don't show up for me the way I try to show up for them.

Also, my uncle was suppose to treat me to our favorite Mexican restaurant however it seems as he forgot. As its now Sunday and I have not heard from him since Monday when we made these plans for Friday or Saturday. 

I guess I'm just feeling like I do my best to make everyone else happy, but nobody really stops to ask if I'm happy too.

Any other Cancers feel this way or been through something similar?

Zelena being Marian was poorly executed. I will admit, the show did leave a window for Zelena to return. Her “death” in Season 3 never felt permanent. She turned into glass, shattered, vanished into green smoke, and that smoke opened the time portal. Compared to other villain deaths like Cora or Pan, Zelena’s exit felt a lot more magical and unfinished. So her surviving? I can accept that.

I can also accept Zelena impersonating Marian in theory. It fits her character. Zelena is jealous, calculated, and obsessed with punishing Regina. Taking the identity of Robin’s wife and using that to destroy Regina’s happiness is absolutely something Zelena would do.

My issue is that I don’t think there were enough clues.

During my rewatch, the only thing I was really able to flag was when Elsa asks Ingrid about poisoning Marian, and Ingrid refers to Marian as “that woman.” The way Ingrid says it could possibly make you believe she knew Marian wasn’t really innocent, or that she sensed something off about her. But even that feels like a stretch, if you were seeing this for the first time you wouldn't pay attention to it.

Then there is the snow monster scene.

Marian/Zelena is almost killed by the snow monster when it looks like Regina left her for dead. On a first watch, this scene works because we believe Marian is innocent, and it makes Regina look morally questionable. But after the reveal, it becomes strange. Why would Zelena put herself in a situation where she could genuinely die? Zelena can be reckless, but she is not stupid. If she used magic to defend herself, her cover could be blown. If no one saved her, her entire revenge plan would end right there. That scene feels like it was written to test Regina’s character, not to support the idea that Marian was secretly Zelena.

Another issue is Marian/Zelena’s heart. Regina is able to rip out her heart with ease. You could argue Zelena’s defenses were down because of Ingrid’s freezing curse, but visually, the heart itself didn’t raise any red flags. It didn’t seem to have any specks of darkness. Zelena may not have committed as many atrocities as Regina, but she was still incredibly dark. If Marian was secretly Zelena the whole time, that heart scene should have hinted at something.

Then there’s the conversation Marian/Zelena has with Regina after she is supposedly cured. She basically tells Regina that she will step aside and let Robin choose.

I’m sorry, but Zelena would not do that.

Zelena is too smart and too insecure to leave something like that to chance. Her entire character is built around not being chosen. There is no way she would calmly risk Robin choosing Regina unless she had already rigged the situation somehow. That scene feels like it was written for Marian, not for Zelena pretending to be Marian.

It just feels like Marian was written as Marian until the writers decided she was Zelena.

Do you guys think it was done well? Could it have been improved?

My sister recently told me her brother/roomate that she is pregnant and while I was happy for her cause she always thought she wouldn't be able to have kids.

With that being said my sister finances are not in a good place. We are suppose to split everything down the middle however she has been having a rough time finacialy between not being able to get 40 hours and bills falling behind. I have been picking up the slack for her, I payed her car note for one month and her part of the rent twice. I have also been picking up the slack on the light bill.

All of those was happening before she got pregnant and now its worse. She is talking about plans for a baby shower/ gender reveal. I told her she should combine the events to save money as she is struggling right now and I dont think that would be the best move. She got upset about it claiming she has Afterpay as does her friend so they could get this done. Not to mention her soon to be baby daddy is also in a financial situation he just lost his job and his two older kids he takes care of.

With all this my sister should not be having a baby rn. I know there is never a perfect time but I dont understand who woud want to raise a child when your barely living paycheck to paycheck.

I have beaten Hogwarts Legacy on XBOX twice but I see so many more people enjoying the game via modding. I have been thinking about getting a gaming pc. However I wouldn't know where to begin. Also, from what I have been looking at gaming pc are extremely expensive!! Any tips/tricks on how to find a decent one would be much help. I'm not a heavy gamer but there would be other games I would wish to play on there as well.

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All help would be much appreciated

Going back and rewatching Once Upon a Time as an adult and I’m near the end of Season 2. Something that really hit me this time around is just how much of a menace Regina actually was. I remembered her being ruthless, but I completely forgot how often her actions directly harmed children.

Season 1, Episode 1 (Pilot): Emma and, as we later learn, Pinocchio are sent through the wardrobe to escape Regina’s curse. Regina didn’t physically force them into it, but her curse pushed their parents into making that impossible choice.

 Season 1, Episode 9 (True North): Regina sends Hansel and Gretel to the Blind Witch for the poisoned apple. What really stood out is that Hansel and Gretel *weren’t the first children she sent*. That means Regina had already sent an unknown number of children into what was essentially a death trap. Then after they refuse her, she breaks her promise and separates them from their father, banishing them into the woods. They don't reunite until Emma arrives in Storybrooke years later.

 Season 1, Episode 17 (Hat Trick):Regina manipulates Jefferson into helping her get to Wonderland and then abandons him there, leaving his daughter without her father. This one always felt unnecessarily cruel because she easily could have taken a third body had she had been honest about her intentions from the start someone else, but instead she chose betrayal.

 Season 2, Episode 17 (Welcome to Storybrooke): Regina kills Owen’s father and attempts to keep Owen for herself after deciding she wanted more in Storybrooke.

 Then I noticed something interesting. A lot of these children seem to be around the same age: around 10 years old.

The same age Snow White was when she accidentally revealed Regina’s secret, leading to Daniel’s death.

 So now I’m wondering: was Regina subconsciously taking her anger and trauma out on children who reminded her of Snow? Was it revenge against innocence itself? Or am I reading way too deeply into this and Regina was simply willing to hurt anyone if it got her what she wanted?

 Curious what everyone thinks because this rewatch has me side-eyeing Regina hard.