I was sooooo happy to see Awesome Pam as Malificent because everything Awesome Pam touches immediately becomes more awesome. Also, it’s fitting that Awesome Pam plays the villainess (and that designation is purely subjective) who turns into an effing dragon.
It makes so much sense that the Evil Queen and Malificent would be friends, insofar as that means for them. Who else are they going to be friends with? Certainly not Cinderella’s stepmother, who was merely a mundane social climber with a ruthless heart. Definitely not the witch from Hansel and Gretel, who was a hungry simpleton in a woodland cabin. The witch from The Little Mermaid is limited by the sea, so she’s more of a long-distance girlfriend the Evil Queen and Malificent see once a year.
The Evil Queen and Malificent have to be friends because they’re the best, greatest, most powerful fairytale witches to face audiences since 1937. They put even the Wicked Witch of the West to middling shame.
And now Malificent is Awesome Pam.
God, I love this show.
OK, so the Mayor and Emma Swan escalated their pissing contest. The Mayor had Emma falsely arrested. Emma responded by taking a chainsaw to the Mayor’s honey crisp apple tree. (Those are good apples). I love both of them for not cracking, not backing down, not shedding a tear.
Oh, how I’d love to be like them.
One thing I’m noticing and enjoying is the care taken in the fairytale characters real world abodes. Miss Blanchard’s home is very rustic, with a great farmhouse table and exposed brick, much like I imagine the dwarves’ woodland cabin to be. Snow White looks like she belongs there. Meanwhile, the Mayor’s ultra-fabulous office sports a more stylized woodsy motif with the black and white tree wallpaper, white branch ceramic accents, and a prominent, multifaceted mirror. I took that design sensibility to be reflective of how the Queen sees things: it’s all black and white to her. You’re on her side, or you’re her enemy. She’s not capable of seeing shades of grey.
And then, of course, there’s Mr. Gold, who may or may nor remember his previous life as Rumplestiltskin.
Did I mention how much I love this show? Cuz I really love this show. It has that Pushing Daisies vibe, but also, things are so shitty right now that I could do with some magic. Sometimes I want a simple answer like building a wardrobe or sending a curse.
Lisa Fary's earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She's angry that it's 2011 and she still doesn't have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram. 
