@Hannah97 wrote:
Well, while it’s true that we haven’t seen Snow wear black, obviously she owned some or else she wouldn’t be wearing any now. Unless Cora decided that she needed to go out and buy some new clothes…. which would make no sense and be even more suspicious.
Maybe I’m seeing too much of what I want to see, but I think for every reason as to why it can’t actually be Cora and Hook, I or someone else who also believes that the theory is true can give a rebuttal.
So for this argument, yes, I’m 100% sure that “Emma and Snow” didn’t go on a shopping trip, but it’s part of the whole trope that goes along with someone being in disguise. The person in disguise often wears something that is more befitting that person’s style rather than the person that he/she is trying to be. So yes, I think Emma and Snow likely actually own these clothes, but most of the time they wear the same clothing on the show unless something is going on. For me, it’s just like how most people usually wear the same type of clothes everyday to work or school unless there’s something special going on. In this case, the something special is that this isn’t the real Emma and Snow, but Hook and Cora. So to me Emma’s style looks more like Hook’s style because of the coat and boots and likewise Snow’s style looks more like Cora’s style because of the black almost glove things and her collar, which maybe no one will notice at first in Storybrooke because it’s not really such a big deal. For instance, in private Lil’Red suggested that one of these little things could be Emma and/or Snow not drinking their favorite drink. Of course, the good guys probably aren’t even thinking “hey I wonder if there’s anyway that Emma and Snow could be someone else in disguise” because it sounds so nutty, but then someone or perhaps a few people start seeing these little changes, and eventually the jig is up for Hook and Cora. Although by that time, it might be too late.
I think it could be legit Emma and Snow to have Charming join them on their business inside of Gold’s shop.I believe Charming of all men would be able to tell if Snow were an impostor. He was able to tell the Siren wasn’t Snow, because he felt it in his heart. Also, he could tell when Snow White ate the poisoned apple and fell into a deep sleep. Charming should be able to tell his wife is a fake or not.
I keep seeing this pop up as a reason why it couldn’t possibly be Hook and Cora, but like I mentioned I think for every argument, the people who believe in the impostor theory have a counter-argument ready. In this case, I don’t think Charming would think right away that anything was wrong. I mean why would he. He has no idea what exists in what’s left of FTL to think, “I wonder if there’s any evil villains that use dark magic that can shape shift left in FTL”. He might not even know that it’s possible for people who use magic to shape shift into actual people. Plus, he’s going to be so happy that he’s probably not going to notice any little things being off right away. When he starts to notice things are off, he’s probably not going to jump to the conclusion either, “I bet they’re not really my wife and daughter,” he’ll just write it off at first on blaming it on the horrible experience that his wife and daughter had to endure, or just think it’s his imagination. Eventually I’m sure he will figure it out, but there’s going to be a period where he’s in the honeymoon stage of his family being together again that he’s not going to notice right away and after that wears off as long as the villains don’t completely blow it, which I don’t think they will at least not in front of Charming and Henry, he’ll just write off any weird behavior on their part for a short time at least.