Tropes. Love them or hate them there is a lot of them and we’re talking Musical Episodes. How do you feel about them?
Keep Calm, Trope On: Redemption Arcs
We all have our favorite and least favorite tropes. From love triangles to slow burns, tropes are often the best ways to showcase great characters and storylines. They can also be frustrating and make you question why it is even…
‘Once Upon A Time’ Coming to Disney+! Should you Watch?
We’re all bored. There’s a pandemic. We can’t really go places. We’re stuck inside and we’re running out of things to watch. So, when a new show is announced to drop all episodes on a streaming service, we go …is…
Let Captain Hook Tell You A Bedtime Story
Once Upon A Time …we didn’t live in an endless quarantine that required the most recognizable version of Captain Hook (Colin O’Donoghue‘s Hook) to tell us a bedtime story. But we do now, and we’re not exactly going to complain…
23 Times We Shipped Captain Swan
It’s been a while, but good ships never really disappear from the collective consciousness. And it’s February, the month of love, so we thought we’d go back and examine some of our favorite ships, and why we shipped them. Bring…
(Wo)man Up: The Savior Trope in “Once Upon a Time”
Once Upon a Time premiered in 2011, continuing throughout seven seasons. The series, created by Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, tells the story of the residents of a town called Storybrooke. Henry (Jared Gilmore), who lives in said town, receives a…
Keep Calm, Trope On: Jerk with a Heart of Gold
We all have our favorite and least favorite tropes. From love triangles to slow burns, tropes are often the best ways to showcase great characters and storylines. They can also be frustrating and make you question why it is even…
13 Couples We Wish Had Happened
We all have them, those couples we wish a show had given us, the OTPs that didn’t end up happening. They don’t even have to be couples the show was actually hinting at, but just two people we saw together…
‘Once Upon A Time’: The Ending We Deserve
As you all know, Once Upon A Time is ending this season. Now, I’m of the opinion it should have ended last season, and I haven’t exactly kept up with what’s happened in Season 7 – but I do know…
Once Upon A Time’s Problem with Consent
Consent: the voluntary agreement of the complainant to engage in the sexual activity in question. Conduct short of a voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity does not constitute consent as a matter of law. This has been on my mind for a long…
‘Once Upon A Time’: Is This a Fitting End for Emma?
Once Upon A Time bid farewell to Emma Swan in last night’s episode, a Hook-centric hour titled “A Pirate’s Life.” The show runners had promised a happy ending for our former leading lady, and fans had been eagerly anticipating what…
‘Stop and Fangirl’ Episode 39: Toxic Masculinity on TV
Here at Fangirlish we continue to support your right to fangirl over any fandom you desire – whether that is a book, a TV show, a movie, or even sports. That’s why we have Stop and Fangirl! So you can…
‘Once Upon A Time’ 7×01 “Hyperion Heights” Preview
It’s like I can’t stay away. What’s that quote? Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in? That’s kinda what this is, except I don’t feel I’m in again – I just succumbed to my curiosity…
Five Things We Want From ‘Once Upon A Time’ Season 7
I’m going to start this with a caveat – I’ve been very vocal about the fact that, for me, Once Upon A Time should have ended with season 6. Storytelling wise, in my opinion, it was time. Now, I don’t…
Five Things We Learned About ‘Once Upon A Time’ Season 7 at D23
Well, Once Upon A Time season 7 is not so much of a mystery anymore. The question is – do you like what you’re hearing? And that seems to be a very personal answer for a lot of fans. But,…
‘Once Upon A Time’ Will Be at San Diego Comic Con
Well, that’s a bit of a surprise. Once Upon A Time is, indeed, coming to San Diego Comic Con. Not a surprise because of the kind of show it is, or the network, or because the show had never been…
‘Once Upon a Time’ Season 7 Adds Five New Faces
It’s a ladies world in Once Upon A Time Season 7. With most of the original cast departing the show – some by their own decision, some not so much, the ABC show had to repopulate before Season 7. And…
The ‘Once Upon A Time’ Season 6 DVD/Blu Ray Has a Release Date
We have a release date! That’s right, the Season 6 DVD/Blue Ray for Once Upon A Time Season 6 will finally be released …on August 15th. The news was confirmed thanks to Target, who very kindly put the item up…
‘Once Upon A Time’ Season 6 Review: A Happy Beginning (Ending) Now is Ours
Once Upon A Time started season six with questions and it ended with answers. In fact, season 6 ended with what one might consider all the answers. All the happy endings – or, at least, the ones the show could…
‘Once Upon A Time’ 6×21 & 6×22 Roundtable “The Final Battle Pt1 & Pt2”
This is …the end. Or, at least an end. And boy, we’re not sure if we should smile or cry. Smile because …it was a good end. A satisfying one. One that paid tribute to the message of hope that…
ABC Upfronts Provide More Information About ‘Once Upon A Time’ Reboot
Once Upon A Time is coming back for Season 7, and season 7 is going to look very, very different from the show we know and love. The last few minutes of “The Final Battle,” the season 6 finale gave…
