Just got caught up on the last 10 pages of the thread, (you people have been busy) and I could have replied to so many posts, (seriously, I had a Notepad thing open with, like, 20 quotes cut and pasted into it), but my own comments would essentially be repeating what so many of you have already said, because PREACH, and basically, all that really needs to be said is this…
This is the story of how my heart shattered into a million pieces! *ugly crying!*
*sobbing forever over SF*
With all the talk of songs, when I saw this confession that RG posted…
Preach confession!
…I instantly got Never Tear Us Apart by INXS in my head. It’s not a grandiose song, doesn’t have a bunch of flowery lyrics, it’s just a basic, late 80s rock song, it’s a classic, it’s iconic, and henceforth it will always make me think of SF.
Don’t ask me
What you know is true
Don’t have to tell you
I love your precious heart
I
I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never tear us apart
We could live
For a thousand years
But if I hurt you
I’d make wine from your tears
I told you
That we could fly
‘Cause we all have wings
But some of us don’t know why
I
I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never ever tear us apart
I’m tickled you don’t all think I’m nuts for the “Neal-has-a-plan” thing.
Neal’s on a mission. And I’m not going to bet against him.
It’s pretty amazing that he’s able to have so much hope in that moment. He did just watch his father (seemingly) die and vanish. But then, he also just watched the seemingly dead Blue get resurrected. I think he’s accepting now that he and Emma (and Henry) just can’t be kept apart for forever. The guy believes in fate, and for the longest time he thought his fate was to be alone. But then fate brought Emma back to him, even though he tried to stay away. And then they got ripped apart again over the portal, and still they ended up reunited again. The universe is seriously conspiring to make sure they always find their way back to each other. That is their true fate.
I’m not sure that he has a specific plan in mind yet. He didn’t know that Emma wouldn’t have her memories, because Regina doesn’t tell her that until after the moment with Hook, so perhaps he thought she’d be able to find them somehow. Or perhaps he just knows that he got out of FTL once recently to get back to her, when it seemed like there wouldn’t be a way, so what’s to say that that can’t happen again. He’s going back to the land where magic came from, so there has to be something that will help him, and he’s gonna figure it out if it’s the last thing he does.
All I know for sure is that this ep was driving the idea of belief in a happy ending, and Neal has unwavering belief that he’s gonna see his family again, and I love it!