@thatheles wrote:
SO, Jennifer Morrison randomly began tweeting about ugly ducklings. I think this is finally a hint that we will see more of her back story.
So #theuglyducklings is meant to suggest beauty and love and fullness of life in the end. It’s all about the journey.
— Jennifer Morrison (@jenmorrisonlive) February 17, 2013
We have all suspected that she was the ugly duckling because of the name “Swan”, but maybe this sheds more light on SwanFire. What if in order to show the beauty of love and the fullness in which they complete each others life, they have to show the struggle? That’s why Tamara exists? ok, I’m reaching, but OUAT gave us SwanFire only to yank it away painfully like a bandaid by giving Neal a fiancee.
I was excited to read her tweets, and finally have her take on her own character’s backstory. Watching the show I can see how her character parallels the story of the Ugly Duckling. When she was a child she was “abandoned” (even though unknown to her it was for the good of her people), and grew up feeling thrown away, unwanted and unloved, like an outcast. She spends her adolescents on her own, struggling to find her home in the world, like the duckling. Along the way she experiences great loss, pain, and loneliness- interluded briefly by meeting Neil and experiencing true love- then true loss. When he abandons her (again, it was for the greater good of her people) she closes down again and vows not to love or trust. These losses shape Emma into who she is, and who she needs to be. Finally, her luck changes when she grows into adulthood (just like the story) and Henry finds her. She begins to build relationships and let her wall down while finding out that true magic lives inside of her. Early in season 2 episodes Emma feels that she is just fullfilling what Rumple set in motion- but after Cora tries to rip her heart out and can’t and she talks to Rumple about it, she realizes that there is something special about her. Like the story where the duckling grows into a beautful bird and rejoins it’s flock, so too has Emma grown into a beautiful woman full of strength and love. The journey is the story that we are all addicted to- so I can’t wait to see how they make it all unfold! Just my 2 cents on how that all ties in 😉
Did you watch the ugly ducklings video? The responses in the video from viewers that are fans of Emma made me cry.. so sweet!! https://t.co/oEpc0Zww8O