For the casual viewer, who has been telegraphed SF over and over and over again, CS tries too hard. Heck, I even get SQ feels from time to time. Nothing but eye rolls for CS.
However, all this said, I didn’t realize I was truly shipping SF until the spoiler of doom. After all in my little world, it wasn’t shipping: it was plain fact. SF = end game. No other options. The love triangle was ridiculous and contrived. But now? I was suddenly distraught. How could this be?!!
To me Neal appears to be tailored perfectly for Emma, he’s her heart song, her counterpart. They have enough similarities and differences to make them last three life times!!!! JMO said Emma’s time up with Neal up to the time he was force to leave was wonderful. Neal and Emma loved each other, took care of each other, and were lights to each other in a dark lonely world. Yes there is hurt but there is also love. They are such a modern fairytale.
I’m with you since the summer of 2013 when I smelt the stench of love triangle I knew I was going to hate it. I loathe the love triangle trope with a passion and I really loathe this one.
I agree with you I think CS is trying to hard and it goes down in the cliché bad guy-good girl love interest trope that is been done the death. It just doesn’t pull at my heart strings like Emma and Neal does, because there is such a deeper story with them, and its just so raw, tangible, and relatable. They just make you root for those crazy kids to get their happy endings.
To our new ship mates welcome to the SF haven, a home away from home! All weary travelers are welcome into our cozy yellow bug, its very much like the Tardis, bigger on the inside!
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