Reply To: Emma + Baelfire = Swanfire

I’ve accepted Neal is gone. I’ve accepted they basically rebooted Rumple’s character. I’ve accepted they have retconned more than I would have liked.

I think a lot of us here have accepted these things as well, but that does not mean we have to like it or pretend as if we don’t have complaints about the direction of the story or characters. The ones you named earlier are views shared by many in the fandom.

Some people just can’t let things go and it seems it’s affecting their current view of the show in such a way that they can’t seem to find anything positive with it anymore

I agree to a certain extent. But at the same time, it seems others have this view that any person who has something negative to say about the show or certain characters must just be blindly bitter that Neal died seasons ago, and not, ya know, just genuinely displeased with the show.

Not everyone has to agree. This is a forum after all. Perhaps some don’t say anything positive because they don’t have any positive opinions about the show? Why they continue to watch can be for any number of reasons (I’m still here for Regina, to see what other characters will pop up, get some answers to unanswered questions, and because I don’t like to abandon shows no matter how bad they get *cough* True Blood *cough*. I’m here because I love magic, love Disney, and love fairytales and despite it all, I want to see how this tale ends). I don’t think its fair to really assume that those who dislike stuff about the show are only doing it because they are upset the ship they wanted didn’t sail.