So I debated posting this GIF set because on the whole I’m not a big fan of parallels to other shows that really have nothing to do with each other outside of what the audience sees. But the more I sat and looked at this and then rewatched one of the final scenes from FRINGE the more I knew I wanted to post it.
So for those of you who don’t know Fringe (spoiler alert) it was never really about the science or the mythology or the crazy things. It was always about Walter Bishop and his son Peter. Walter crossed words for Peter, looking for his child. He did horrible things (like breaking a world into two) in the name of his child. After a very long separation (because Walter was a power hungry mad scientist *cough* magician *cough*) when they finally find each other, Walter and Peter have nothing in common. There is no bond and way too much water under the bridge. Peter and Walter seem as though they’ll never reconcile. But in the end they do. Walter sacrifices himself for the world and the people he loves, especially his son so that Peter and Peter’s True Love, Olivia (a child of two worlds who has powers that enable her to move between those worlds) can be together with their daughter Henrietta (who in another timeline was named Henry…)
So here’s the GIF set and here is Walter and Peter’s goodbye which just manages to devastate me every time. There are so many Bae/Rumple and Peter/Walter (and even Peter/Olivia and Neal/Emma) parallels that I’m shocked I’ve never seen it before
you are my favorite thing
you’re my happy ending
walter & peter | rumplestiltskin & baelfire
Tell me that doesn’t give you Papa Rumple and Nealfire feels!