In Search Of. . . Observations: Once Upon A Time Romance

In Search Of. . . Observations: Once Upon A Time romance.

 

The other day a guy told me it seemed like I lived in "Once Upon A Time", but he wasn't Prince Charming and I wasn't Cinderella. (Or the princess of my choice because Cinderella gets to my nerves.)

 

And that made me think.

 

Why can't I be?

 

Now, before you all think I'm a hopeless romantic, let me correct you. I'm not. I know full well those characters have predetermined plot points and developments in the show written by excellent writers. What I see though is something I want to emulate.

 

When I see Snow White and Prince Charming, they always encourage each other to do the right thing. It may not be the best thing, but they always try to do what they would consider good.

 

They're selfless too. When one is down and out, the other will give anything to get him back up. Seriously, how many times do they go to Rumplestiltskin to make deals and give sometimes something they treasured for the others safety?

During the curse, the worst torment was they couldn't be together, but still Snow White brings him flowers every day, not knowing who he is.

Why shouldn't a couple be like that?

I think they should.

 

I wouldn't want to date someone who would encourage me to lie, or do anything negative or wrong. I would want someone to encourage me in God. For those of you who don't have a personal relationship with God, someone to encourage you to do the right thing.

Snow White and Charming aren't the only ones who have relationship qualities I would want.

Even Regina, who loved Daniel enough to run away from luxury to be with him, has love qualities I would want.

 

Yes, that didn't work out, but that's more of a plot point that the writer's added in. My point though is that she would run away with someone she loved. That love meant more to her than all of her wealth.

Or how about Belle and Rumpelstiltskin? They never give up on each other. Even when their bad--because each has had his turn--they don't give up on their love. Bae aside, Belle means more to Rumple than any other person. Also, her kiss is the only one that can break the curse. When he kissed Cora, he stayed the Dark One, but not when he kissed Belle.

 

These are just a few examples of true love in the story, and there are flipside examples of fake love in the story too, but I don't want those. I just want to try to emulate the good qualities.

 

Who wouldn't?

 

I mean, to me these all represent qualities of love that I would want. And so, why wouldn't I want to be in a Once Upon A Time love story? If it means always encouraging in the right, being uncomfortable, but together; and never giving up.

So yeah, maybe it's a little far-fetched and maybe my ideas are a little. . . old-fashioned, but that's all right. If people think that they'd rather live in a confused New Girl episode then let them. I'd rather live in Once Upon A Time, and have a straight forward lasting love like the characters in Once Upon A Time.

 

As Always,

In Search Of. . . Observations

In Search Of. . .Observations: Verbal Clutter and Syntax

Most of us talk more like Sylvester Cat, Tweety Bird, and Foghorn Leghorn, than we care to admit.

Think about it. We fill our speech with verbal clutter, self-interruptions, and half thoughts. We forget what we're saying, or our brains are trying to put the next word in place so it supplies an automated answer. We can't avoid it. Of course some are more prone to it than others. Those others being voice coaches and people like Bill Clinton, who was trained to take a breath instead of saying "um."

If you slow down and listen to yourself, you'll find that you've crowded your speech with an amazing amount of verbal clutter. You'll find like little phrases like "you know," interjected at the end of every other thought. Or "yeah" on all the others. Personally, "you know" gets on my nerves more than all the other ones. No real reason why, but it does. I even told someone once I didn't know what he meant. Despite that though, I am even guilty of using it too, you know.

It's a cultural thing too. Certain phrases belong to certain cultures or regions. Like I've found, French people really do say Oh la la la la, when they're upset, like Leslie Caron does in Gigi. Like if someone says "fixin'" as in "I'm fixin' to go to the store," you can assume that they live or lived in the south. Or if "wicked" is a good thing, they might be from the Boston area. This leads into catch phrases. You know that saying that is unique to one person you know.

I've known several people with catch phrases. I knew a girl who said "good gravy." She is the only person who says that phrase. It didn't catch on for me. Or a roommate of mine said "huzzah." For a while, I said it too, even after she dropped the phrase. Until her boyfriend reminded me that she said it first. I dropped it completely as a matter of originality. It happens like that a lot though. The more time you spend with someone, the more you'll use their words.

Oddly enough, there's nothing we can do about verbal clutter And "you know" aside, there is nothing I would want to do about it. Verbal clutter, catch phrases, and overall syntax is what makes unique. It has the singular ability to separate from each other and group us together. It's what allows you tell one person from another, but also tell where a person is from and who they spend time with.

As Always,