Once Upon a Time has been teasing us for years, but now they have finally introduced us to the shows first same-sex couple.
Alas SnowQueen fans, it isn’t Emma and Regina.
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead, if you have not watched episode 18 of Once Upon A Time.
The new couple on the block is Ruby aka Little Red Riding Hood and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz.
In a series of flashbacks, Ruby and Mulan team up with Dorothy in Oz to take down the Wicked Witch.
Romance blossomed between the two women after a fateful sleeping curse lead Ruby to the Underworld to bestow true love’s kiss on Dorothy to wake her.
Executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz originally revealed an LGBT couple would be joining the show after a screening of the season premiere last year.
Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Kitsis said
We know that community have been big supporters of the show and we would love to be able to tell a love story that reflects that”
Horowitz added.
It’s something we want to do this year. It’s something we think is due and important to do on the show. This is the world we live in.”
Viewers originally speculated that the relationship could occur between Mulan and Aurora – after it was hinted that the pair loved each other – but Kitsis and Horowitz did not reveal which characters the arc would feature until the episode aired.
Watch a sneak peek below.
