Hi Guys, logging in late to say, what a GREAT ep! I must admit I was very excited before I went to come on here- long story short I have the worst timing possible, as happened to go to log on, just as a hard core CS poo-pooing was taking place, so decided not to bother even logging in & participating after all, as it totally killed my buzz for the show today 🙁
It’s sad, as I personally already visit this site way less than I used to & most of that is down to feeling I cant leave the CS thread & actually have an open discussion, without walking on egg shells, yet feel expected to ‘deal’ with being told how great another ship is over & over again. I’m really sorry if this is coming of ‘rant’ like- it’s not meant to be, I just was a little (…ok, a lot) annoyed at having my buzz over the show killed, when all I had wanted to do was freak out with my ship mates & I hoped others fans outside of our ship for a change (since I liked sooo much of this ep, that wasnt ship related at all!)
Thank you @MatthewPaul & @RumplesGirl for letting us know it is being dealt with, hopefully that’ll be the end of it for awhile 🙂 Glad to hear you enjoyed Killian & Emma’s moments too. I hope we get another Once love day soon, as there is so much more to discuss about our beloved show than ‘ships’ & I really miss doing so!
Now about the ep!….. Aside from LOVING IT 😉 I have to admit as much as I loved our CS moments (WHHHHHHHYYYYYYY did they cut our hug?!?!?!?!?!?!?! It would have been the PERFECT follow up in the “Hook”, “Did you miss me” moment- that screamed ‘hug’ through the emotions! Naughty editing IMO or A&E deliberately setting the fandom up to suck eggs for going on & on ‘about whats coming’ when taking filming (‘spoilers’) out of context- which is all kinds of sad if it’s true :/Or we see it in a flash back later on- Ok, that’s out right grasping I know, but I can dream cant I?! lol :p Anyways I’m digressing!) I LOVED the Snow & Regina stuff just as much, maybe just a tad more (shock horror! But it could simply be because we pretty much knew everything that was going to go down with CS weeks before we got to see the ep, so it was almost like a re watch of those scenes, as AWESOME as they are! 😉 ), I think that the Snow & Regina ‘heartache’ moment was the highlight for me ….. ok, so is Killian’s “Why are YOU dressed like THAT” line & Emma calling Killian, “Killian” (finally- still getting mega feels over that <3 ) they are kind of all tied for top spot as the ep's highlight.... along with all the Killian & Henry parallels we got bashed over the head with this ep- the near constant sense of deja vu watching this ep was uncanny- it was like Killian was SB Henry & EF Charming rolled into one LOL.
Personally my top spots for CS moments are not contained in this ep- I'm not sure what the over hype about the moments were for, as most of them had Killian wondering if Emma felt anything for him at all tbh, part of me was heart broken for Killian, while totally understanding why he cant just come out & ask her if she feels anything for him other than 'friendship'. I hope that gets addressed sooner rather than later (I'm talking in terms of "good", not exchanges of I love you's- as it's way to soon for that!), as I cant stand seeing someone being lead on (although I totally get that Emma is focused on seeing her parents & finding out what on earth is going on in SB this time)
Also I HAVE to point out how despondent Killian became without Emma (I would have been shocked if he just happily flounced around EF with the Charming's, but I was disappointed with Charming for not recognizing Killian's withdrawal for what it really is, has Killy not proven to them already on more than one occasion, that he has actually changed- Charming should know more than anyone how it feels to be parted from the women you've fallen for! & it's not like he doesnt know Killian & Emma share a bond & maybe more- he 'knows' & accepted killian's secret of having 'feeling's' for Emma & know's Emma kissed Killian, so she must feel 'something' in return), the thought of never seeing Emma again- of knowing that finding her is considered 'impossible', had him fleeing all reminders of her in favor of walling his feelings back up & loosing himself to his pirate persona to cope with it all- I mean he feels Emma is his TL & look at what Snow said about going on without Charming, would we all blame her if she wanted to ditch the kingdom & go bandit to cope with the loss of Charming?!
I wouldnt be surprised if we find out part of why Killian goes off, is to search for away to get back to Emma. IF he gets wrapped up in WWW, that could be how it happens- I dont know if he'd 'do a deal' with her to get to Emma or not, but I highly doubt he'd knowingly put her parents in harms way to get back to her (he DIDNT take up Pans offer of free passage off the island WITH Emma, so why would he risk harming her parents, knowing Emma wouldnt approve- that just screams ignoring canon fact to me), I do however KNOW he'd play WWW for the 'chance' to get back to Emma (Snow did say to Emma "happy endings always start with hope" & since Killian feels Emma is his TL, he'd logically think the only way to HEA, is with her & would therefore have to "hope" to find away back to her again) & I think that's the most likely interaction we'll see between the two of them- or something along those lines & that's only IF he meets up with WWW before coming to our world- for all we know Killy came back in a magic side-table, that only takes one pirate *cough*& a Pegasus egg*cough*, while Charming was fighting off flying monkeys one handed, with a spoon :p & wont meet the WWW until after he's brought Emma back to SB (It's just as likely to be true as some of the crazy theories I've seen thrown about lol)
Again thanks mods
& can I just say- Emma & David at the door- *dies of feels* (I've not had a father since I was 2-3yrs old, so all my lost daddy/daughter moments are live through Emma & David lol)
I LOL at the Emma at the car with Killian putting his hook back on lol- loved it 😀
UGH! I have to go to bed now, I couldnt sleep until I'd come back on here & I've ended up writing a novel (this Ep is very novel worthy though 😉 )- sorry guys!