IV. RESULTADOS Y DISCUSIONES
4.1. Contenido de carbono orgánico total en el suelo del bosque
Though off-screen Rose Leslie’s and Kit Harington’s romance ended more sanguinely than their on-screen avatars, it does point to one of those pervasive
289David Crow, “Game Of Thrones: The Watchers On The Wall Review.” (Den of Geek!. (9 Jun. 2014). Web. < http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/game-of-thrones/236280/game-of-thrones-the- watchers-on-the-wall-review > 16 Jan. 2015.)
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elements in television and cinema: on-screen romances continuing once the cameras are no longer watching.291 When the couple is as storied as Snow White
and Prince Charming, you can imagine how the story plays off-camera. When that couple marries, it is of course treated as a “fairy-tale wedding.” Or as proclaims, “Once upon a time, a beautiful princess and a handsome prince met on the set of the prime time ABC series ‘Once Upon A Time’ and lived happily ever after (or at least got married in ‘intimate California ceremony’on Saturday, April 12).”292 While Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas seem to be universally
beloved, their Storybrooke selves are not so lucky. It would seem being the face and force of Goodness is as apt get one a bad reputation as Jon Snow endures being Ned Stark’s bastard in Westeros.
The following comments are illustrative of some of the typical reaction to team Charming: “The Charmings get more pointless with each passing week: “Do you remember the night Emma was born . . . you said we have to give her her best chance?” Are you kidding? You only pull that quote out just about
291Hannah Lockley, “‘Game Of Thrones’ Couple Kit Harington And Rose Leslie ‘End Relationship’.” (Entertainmentwise. (11 Aug. 2013). Web.
<http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/123352/Game-Of-Thrones-Couple-Kit-Harington- And-Rose-Leslie-End-Relationship> 16 Jan. 2015.). Also, there is some speculation that they got back together (however briefly): Mike Vulpo, “GameofThrones Co-Stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie Spark Romance Rumors—Find Out Why!”(E!Online. (26 Jun. 2014). Web.
<http://www.eonline.com/news/563434/game-of-thrones-co-stars-kit-harington-and-rose-leslie- spark-romance-rumors-find-out-why> 16 Jan. 2015.)
292Lauren Duca, “Ginnifer Goodwin Marries Josh Dallas, Literally Proves There Is A Happily-Ever- After For Snow White.” (The Huffington Post. (14 Apr. 2014). Web.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/13/ginnifer-goodwin-josh-dallas_n_5141987.html > 16 Jan. 2015.)
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every single episode.”293 What a difference from the initial critical love for Prince
Charming and Snow White: “[in] this shaken-up fairy tale, both the prince and Snow White are equally badass (actually Snow might be a touch more badass . . .).”294 Though the characters are still as beloved by the fandom, their travails
have ceased to be as praiseworthy to many critics.
Speaking of her character’s arc during season four, Ginnifer Goodwin divulges, “Her journey this season is finding a place where she can let go of the guilt over having let Emma go as a child and also, trying to find her self-worth as a mother.”295 You can imagine how some might find such a journey less
admirable or enthralling when compared to Fairy-tale Land’s Snow White adventures in counter-insurgency, throne-retaking, and Evil Queen battling.
Yet, Ginnifer Goodwin’s construction of her character’s journey does not deny her status as feminist paradigm. The fairy tale is still fractured when Snow White (or Mary Margaret to employ her Storybrooke name) must balance raising a baby with a bloodless take-over of the mayorship from Regina and the usual evils that come with living on a hellmouth like Storybrooke. It is true her skill-set of sword-fighting and queenship has prepared her more for ruling her domain in Fairytale Land then Storybrooke. The important point is that Mary Margaret is still in charge of her territory and given the nature of Storybrooke’s
293Gwen Inhat, “OnceUponATime: ‘Smash The Mirror’.” (The AV Club. (17 Nov. 2014). Web. <http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/once-upon-time-smash-mirror-211819> 16 Jan. 2015.) 294Nathman “Mom and Pop Culture: Once Upon a Remake”
295Sadie Gennis, “On the Set of OnceUpon a Time: Can Mary Margaret Let Go of Her Guilt?” (TV
Guide. (20 Nov. 2014). Web. < http://www.tvguide.com/News/Once-Upon-Time-Ginnifer- Goodwin-Josh-Dallas-1089528.aspx > 16 Jan. 2015.)
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propensity for invasion by fairytale forces, combatting the same evils that she would menace her lands in her home-world.
One of the most intriguing scenes is seeing Snow White, wielding her new baby in one arm, and aiming to solve the power outage plaguing Storybrooke. She is able to utilize her experience of breastfeeding Neal to spark a winning plan to bring back power to the generator.296 Her struggles over returning to
work ground her in a tradition that proves relatable to the perils of contemporary motherhood while seeming unique to Snow White. Her
uncertainty and overprotectiveness, if such it is, of Neal, the new baby, arise not from having read too many of those normative fictions besetting modern
womanhood, but from her heroick decision to sacrifice her own personal happiness and that of her husband for the good of her people. She and
Charming have a second chance to raise a child together, rather than bonding with an all grown-daughter who is almost the same age as her parents.
I will be so brazen as to aver that watching Mary Margaret try to negotiate her life in Storybrooke might be more groundbreaking than Once Upon A Time’s transformation of Snow White from celluloid Angel of the House to the Robin Hood of Fairytale Land: “Once Upon a Time centers on strong female characters (think Snow White: Disney Princess Slayer–no, she doesn’t slay princesses in the literal sense, but she does slay the notion that females are only good for
296Snow looks at Neal and suddenly equates the need to breast-feed Neal with the need of power to get its own ‘food’ [“White Out.” Once Upon a Time Season Four. (Wri. Jane Espenson. Dir. Ron Underwood. (5 Oct. 2014). ABC Studios, 2015. DVD.)].
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befriending small animals and riding around in pumpkins.).”297 Mary Margaret’s
attempts to befriend Regina, her formerly evil stepmother in addition to reformed Evil Queen, are as radical as all the changes made to her fairy-tale self. Once Upon a Time’s Snow White story includes many of the same plot elements from the Disney movie: poisoned apple, glass coffin, seven dwarves, and Charming waking her with a kiss. Snow White encounters Grumpy not in an enchanted woodland setting, but in the dungeon of King George, Prince
Charming’s ‘father.’ After some mutual rescuing, she joins the dwarves in their forest cottage not for some quality singing and cleaning, but rather to hide out from the queen and plan how to defeat her.
Moreover, she has earned the queen’s loathing not through superior beauty, but through an accidental childhood mistake. She confides Regina’s secret love for the stable-boy to Regina’s mom, Cora, who retaliates by murdering the stable-boy. Likewise, while Regina murdered Snow White’s father, Regina also murdered her own father (“the thing you love the most”) to bring out the initial curse that spawned Storybrooke and the series. Cora was responsible for the murder of Snow White’s mother; in some rather unexpected payback, Snow White killed Cora to save someone’s life and to prevent Cora from continuing to terrorize Storybrooke.298 Snow herself and the show do not
297Wilson “What a Difference a Strong Snow White Makes”
298Regina [Evil Queen]: You have no right to be here. And you have no right to that! Mary Margaret [Snow White]: I was going to give it to you.
Regina[Evil Queen]: What?
Mary Margaret [Snow White]: She can’t love you, you know. She doesn’t have her heart. With it, maybe she can. But that’s why you’ve never felt she loved you. She doesn’t have her heart. But I do.
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allow Cora’s death to go unforgotten. While villain-killing is the provenience of fairy-tale-heroines, Mary Margaret becomes depressed and wants Regina to kill her so does not live the pain. Regina refrains so Mary Margaret can endure the blackness in her heart.
Fast-forward a season and Snow White crushes Prince Charming’s heart to enact Regina’s initial curse.299 Charming persuades Snow White to sacrifice
him to save the world:
Charming: We’ve always shared one heart. It’ll only grow strong when you look at that baby's face . . . and see the love I have for you in its eyes.
Snow White: I’ve loved you since the first moment I saw you.
Charming: And I’ll love you until my last.300
Devastated, Snow White convinces Regina to rip out her heart and break it into two, so she and Charming can literally share one heart. It works. Snow White and Charming, consequently, demonstrate the ability to make tough decision involving literal self-sacrifice. Additionally Snow White, Prince Charming, and
Regina [Evil Queen]: You’re doing this for me?
Mary Margaret [Snow White]: Think about it. What would happen if Cora had her heart back, back inside her?
Regina [Evil Queen]: She told me she took it out to protect herself.
Mary Margaret [Snow White]: And did it work? The person she was before, do you think that person survived? She can’t love, so she can’t love you.
Regina [Evil Queen]: She always wanted the best for me. That’s love.
Mary Margaret [Snow White]: Imagine real love. You’d have a mother, and a start on making a family Henry could be a part of. Or you could have her be the Dark One. The choice is yours. [“The Miller’s Daughter.” Once Upon a Time Season Two. (Wri. Jane Espenson. Dir. Ralph Hemecker. (10 Mar. 2013). ABC Studios, 2013. DVD.)]
299 “A Curious Thing.” Once Upon a Time Season Three. (Wri. Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Dir. Ralph Hemecker. (27 Apr. 2014). ABC Studios, 2014. DVD.)
300 “A Curious Thing.” Once Upon a Time Season Three. (Wri. Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Dir. Ralph Hemecker. (27 Apr. 2014). ABC Studios,2014. DVD.)
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Regina work together to try and defeat evil utilizing the same curse Regina cast to strip away Charming and Snow White’s happy ending.
Snow White, thus, demonstrates her capability to make tough decisions. She and Charming, from what we see, appear to be tactically capable battle strategists who defeat superior forces, King George and the Evil Queen, and retake their lands. Although magic wardrobe and baby might not be what most of us would think would be a winning combination to defeat Regina’s
Storybrooke curse, it does bring about the desired effects. Through giving up their child, Charming’s heart, and then Snow White’s heart splitting, Snow
White and Prince Charming demonstrate their own ability to make hard choices. While neither of them have dragons or the magical powers that their daughter Emma wields, both try to fight the good fight.
Of all Snow’s choices, allowing Regina to live once Regina had been captured in the Enchanted Forest certainly would have a blunder. More
surprisingly, Snow letting Regina live only truly proves to be a wise as well as a benevolent decision once everyone has been exiled to Storybrooke. As we have seen in the Emma Swan section, Storybrooke might have started as a curse, but it became conversely a blessing for Regina. Once Upon a Time, accordingly, resists an easy bifurcation of morality.
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