What incentive do we, as the audience, have for caring about any of the current story lines or villains anymore? Why bother becoming invested in something that will be over in a fraction of the overall story? Something that will likely be forgotten and/or unaddressed in the future once these 11 episodes are over?
OUaT’s current track record for remembering and addressing past villains, characters or plot points is abysmal and makes one wonder what’s the point in getting invested? What’s the point of caring when once this serial is over everyone will move on and there will be no future impact from it all? Why care in the first place when the characters won’t? When the writers won’t? It just seems pointless…
THIS! This is a major reason I’m so disenchanted with the show these days. If the writers don’t seem to care enough to include that kind of consistency, then why should I care enough to get invested in fleeting PLOT?
*now goes away bc im making frie sweet potatos with cinammon and sugar
Sounds yum!!
In other news, this full post contains some language, but here’s the bulk of it…
Emma Swan does not need anybody to coddle her and “help” her open up to love. She can do it just fine by herself thanks.
Let’s go in chronological order shall we?
She found friendship with her friend Lily even though she felt like an unwanted nobody.
She let herself fall in love with Neal even though her friend Lily betrayed her.
She let herself open up to Graham even after she thought Neal abandoned her.
She came to love Henry after just spending time with him, even though she’s felt lost and abandoned multiple times at this point
She let her parents into her life after feeling abandoned by them and even brought them together as a family through the hard times.
She got herself to fall in love again with Walsh even though she was hesitant about him because of her past betrayals.
So the idea of Emma Swan needing Hook to hold her by the hand to open up again is quite ridiculous because in all these instances she had the capacity to do so without anyone’s help or intervention. It just robs her of her most important asset in an attempt to make Hook somewhat important (when it’s really not necessary) and try to make him relevant to the story. Frankly it weakens her character to use Hook as her walking stick because she’s “soooo closed off that only he can help her break down those wall”. *cue eye rolls*
Sure most of Emma’s relationships were short lived but the beauty of that is, is that Emma Swan manages to pick herself up, dust herself off and get right back on the horse so to speak. I think it’s a testament to her strength of character that even in the face of tragedy (or in this case several) she can still love again. She just needs time.
Emma Swan needs nobody pushing her and telling her what to feel, how to feel, and when to feel
Can I get an A-FRICKING-MEN!