@Naomi wrote:
Sometimes, sadly, it’s not the character themselves but who they’re up against.
I have a feeling that even if Tamara is a wonderful person – the perfect girlfriend who is sweet and witty and charming and understanding, with a compelling backstory – it doesn’t matter. She’s against Emma. In fact, the more perfect she is, the more the audience will likely sympathize with Emma. If Tamara is flawed – pushy, and interfering with Henry like some people guessed – the audience will still sympathize with Emma. Has anyone seen the new sneak peek? Well, it looks like even Rumple will be on Emma's side if it ever came to a love triangle. So would Snow and Charming. So would the dwarves and Belle and Red and Granny, probably.
Basically, Tamara is a someone who is preventing the main protagonist of the show from getting what they want. That’s just….I don’t see how this could end happily for all those involved. It’ll cause pain for Emma (basically Neal will break her heart a second time), and…I just don’t like it. There are so many ways, like you guys mentioned, that SwanFire could have conflict that do not involve a love triangle.
Also…from the spoiler photos some ppl have speculated that Neal and Tamara met shortly before curse-break, when Augst was on his way to SB. If that's true, then I admit this makes me feel a little resentment towards Neal. Couldn't he have waited? It was so close to her 28th birthday, and he knew she would be free. And to get engaged in that time…doesn't scream “true love” ala SnowxCharming to me. If it must happen, I guess I'm interested to see how it happened.
Here’s the thing, the way it was left, August made everything very vague. I have a feeling he didn’t tell Neal the entire story and made it very open ended because in Neal’s mind, it was going to happen soon then he’d have his girl back. But it didn’t…and years later maybe he lost hope or thought it broke and August lied to him. …plus we don’t know if August will make up some other lie to him to keep him from freaking out and running to find Emma…
But guys………what if………what if Neal secretly went to Tallahassee when she was there and watched her from afar ;_; so random but feelings ughhh