Once Upon a Time’s ‘White Out’ starts on an icy note. In her anger and ruthless determination to find her sister Anna, Elsa imprisoned everyone in Storybrooke. Even though this made ‘White Out’ a tad predictable, it was just enough to whet my taste buds and keep me crying for me. If you weren’t able to watch ‘White Out’ or you want to get your adrenaline up and rushing to see the re-run, here’s how ‘White Out’ left Storybrooke in darkness.
A bumpy ride down memory lane
In order for viewers to get the gist of present day Storybrooke and how the events correlated, we were given a one way free ride down memory lane. Most of ‘White Out’ focused on Anna, her encounters and to a lesser extent how she disappeared. Through her journey, she encountered Prince Charming, at least when he was poor and desperate and simply known as David. The perky young woman tried strenuously to give Charming a boost to stand up and fight for what was right, much of what her journey entailed. Much like the Anna we’ve seen in Frozen she’s the same, but different. The Anna we know in Frozen was keen on chasing her sister or trying to find a way to make things better for her. Anna demonstrated the same attitude in Once Upon a Time. On the other hand, the Anna in Frozen knew well to stay far away from shiny, pointy objects. However, we found the damsel wielding a sword, actually teaching Charming how to defend himself. Such satire! All is well; the Director did give her a little pep and boost to face all the ‘baddies’ in Once Upon a Time.
Emma gets friendly with Elsa
After discovering they were unable to leave Storybrooke, Emma met the woman behind the freezer. After a pep talk, Emma got nowhere with Elsa but found herself trapped in an icy cage. In a peculiar way, Emma’s life seems to parallel Elsa’s. Not only was Emma unable to control her magical abilities, but she didn’t have the support of her parents to do so while young. Much like Emma, Elsa knows pretty well how it feels to be neglected and utterly uncontrollable, as was the case with her magical abilities.
Elsa and Emma’s encounter could be the start of something new. We’re not sure as to what this friendship will turn out to but we do hope it’s one that’s lasting and binding, much like the friendship Elsa shares with Anna.
Elsa and Emma’s meeting also depicted hope. Emma’s nearness to death reveals that even under challenging situations you can rise to overcome the odds and fight a war that seems impossible to win. Elsa did beat the odds and save Emma, even though she was the one to put her in harm’s way.
Snow Snaps under Pressure
After casting a freezer over Storybrooke, conditions weren’t exactly the ‘brightest’, if you know what I mean. Elsa’s wrath was Storybrooke’s pain since the whole town was wrapped in darkness. The mayor, Regina, decided that she no longer wanted that position since she was struggling with matters of the heart a.k.a she was wailing over being dumped by Robin. Since Snow always played the hero, the town or should I say the three most annoying citizens turned to her for answers. It’s rather ironic when a town, known for its magical and mystical creatures, complains about a little darkness. After all, they’re accustomed to what I call the dark ages. Light was definitely not something they had and even if they did, it was not enough to illuminate the entire town.
As usual, Snow crawls her way to justice in order to sooth the cries of the afflicted and unjustly treated. Yeah right… She did weather the storm by restoring power to Storybrooke with some weird type baby feeding thingy (don’t ask) but she also for the first time went nuts… before restoring power that is. Did I mention that she had to contend with three of the most irritating residents of Storybrooke? They literally drove her to the point of snapping and metaphorically putting a sock to their mouths. They surely got what they deserved!
Elsa is not the only walking freezer
After calming down, Elsa decided to remove the barrier of ice she casted on Storybrooke. Confidently hoisting her hands emitting blue icy substance to the barrier, Elsa realized that she was unable to remove the barrier. Huh? How’s that possible? Since she hoisted the ice, she should be able to take it down. However, this was not the case. Elsa confidently spoke of her unique ability to create ice and snow but her uniqueness quickly died with her inability to remove the ice barrier. Someone else was keeping that barrier up. Who could it be? Was it the dark one, Rumplestiltskin? That popped to mind but it was immediately rolled out when the Snow Queen, who operated an ice cream store revealed her ability. No wonder the power outage didn’t affect her ice cream business.
Obviously, this is not the end of Elsa’s quest since they still have problems to deal with. I’m highly dazed at how things turned out. When Once Upon a Time returns next week, viewers can expect a search party to find Elsa, a dog to sniff out who is keeping the ice barrier up, what will happen to Regina – whether she’d move on or continue to mope – and what will happen with Emma and Hook’s relationship.
Once Upon A Time’s ‘White Out’: Elsa Goes Ice Cold
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