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Hi everyone,
I ‘ve been away from the forum for quite a long time, I had to focus on getting my baccalaureate (the French equivalent of A levels in the UK, the HSC in Australia, or the high school certificate in the US).
I watched the episode yesterday and… I don’t know, I just need to talk about it. I feel betrayed. I truly believed in this show, in its principles, in the fact that you can have your happy ending, but everything disappeared in the space of ten minutes…
Right now, I don’t know what to think about the creators of the show. I just read their interview about Neal’s death, and I felt that it was a huge bunch of lies. Adam says “Eddy and I, as we’ve been developing the larger story of Once beyond each individual episode, saw where it was going. Earlier this year, when we realized this is the time that Neal would die”
It was indeed the time for some characters to go…but it was never time for Neal to die. Neal has been through a lot during the whole show, and they brought him back just to say “actually he died a year ago, but here’s a little death scene bye”. Kitsis & Horrowitz were laughing at us when Adam added “We did our best.”. So your “best” is to kill the most kindhearted character of the show without his son remembering him. Like I posted on the facebook page of “Once Upon A Time Fans”, if Neal’s death was already planned and if it’s really a permanent death, then Kitsis and Horrowitz are nothing but hypocrites.
However, there is still a part of me that wants to believe that heroes fall only to rise again. There are just so many things that don’t match : A hero dies because he didn’t know the price for his actions ? I don’t buy it. They destroy SwanFire even though we learn in the same episode that Neal & Emma have True Love ? And they don’t share a last True Love’s Kiss ?I don’t buy it. Would the creators do something that goes COMPLETELY against their show ? I don’t think so. I just hope that in 322, Neal comes back to life and that he’s the one saying “There’s no place like home”.
“Quiets Minds” reminded me of an episode of The Mentalist. In this episode, the man who murdered the protagonist’s family was finally revealed, after six seasons of mysteries, twists and theories. There was a lot of plot holes, a lack of respect for the continuity, the episode was terribly written, it just seemed to be a parody. The creator of the show said that the storyline was over, without giving any explanation. But guess what ? In the latest episodes, he started to drop clues again and his crew was forbidden to talk about the Season Finale; they couldn’t even give the title of the episode.
Anyway, I just wanted to stop by and see how you guys were doing. Just hang on and keep believing until the very last second of the very last episode.
PS : English is not my native language, so I’m sorry if I made mistakes. But unlike Kitsis & Horrowitz, I did my best 😉
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