I’ll agree with the not holding on for no reason thing. I just also know that she spent a couple years in Tallahasse presumably looking for him, and that he was told not once but twice (once very close to the curse being broken I might add) that August was going to let him know when he could go get Emma back and what does he do? Turns around and starts dating Tamara *smacks forehead*. Perhaps he really is like Rumple and is just good at making stupid mistakes at just the right time because he doesn’t believe he’s worthy.
That being said with as much time as she wasted being miserable because of him, that doesn’t go away overnight so hopefully she’ll at least get a good shot at being with someone else. I’d rather her not come across as pathetic just because she finally understands why he did what he did. I don’t see them falling back into each others arms anytime soon, nor do I think they need to (I really think it undermines the “we are both” thing if the real world side of people, ESPECIALLY Emma, gets overlooked to just fall into fairy tale traps but that’s an endgame problem I have at the moment, one of the main things holding me back I think).
I like what you said RG about the Hook / Graham thing (and hopefully it wont’ be a repeat of start to open up then somebody dies thing. I’d rather be mad at her for choosing NealFire over Hook and see why it was that way than just falling back into old habits cause yet another love dies, and I like the idea of them opening each other up again (even though I’d prefer they stay together…).
On the bright side, after seeing Tallahassee, I’m pretty sure her endgame is with one of the two and no matter which she ends up with all roads lead to NEVERLAND!
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.