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Ok I’ll just say it what does this death to as far as our ship is concerned?
I don’t think it really changes much *in the show* because Neal was never a barrier to CS just as Hook was never a barrier to SF. At most it will slow it down due to grief/mourning and respect for Neal. Personally though I wish Emma would have chosen Hook before a Neal death because that sets up a lot of problems within the fandom. Obviously not all SF fans are like this but there was definitely a lot of “fan service”, “Once Upon a Hook”, etc. comments last night, particularly on Twitter. Hopefully once things settle it will get better. It makes me sad that there is so much hate in the fandom. I don’t mean to rub salt in the wound to any SF shipper that happens to look into this thread but…..what I found curious is that a lot of people have said that they established Neal and Emma as TL’s this episode and I just don’t see it. I know Belle said something about that but that doesn’t make it so. Neal even admitted that they never found Tallahassee. Perhaps it would have been selfish to leave Neal/Rumple as they were to keep Neal alive but I don’t see Snowing making the choice that Emma did, which knowingly resulted in Neal’s death. Why wasn’t TLK even tried? I know he told Rumple he loved him but did he tell Emma he loved her? The death and how it happened just makes me more nervous about the potential wedding
There was some of that talk in chat as well (on a number of occasions, which prevented me from going in there after offering all the hurting fans condolences) 🙁 I wish people weren’t so keen to take their anger out on another character. Sorry to any SF’s who read this, but if it had been Hook to die, I wouldnt be blaming Neal for his death or talking about boycotting the show (I dont think anyone here said they were going to do this, but I do know it has been said elsewhere)- it’s like the crap storm that was SQ last season, all over again on twitter (after hearing about all the hate, I sent Adam a thanks for another great ep. Its sad Neal died, but trust them as it’s their story to tell, tweet).
Haven’t watched the episode yet but I have been saving gifs and I monitored tumblr last night during the east coast airing because I was editing my True Love meta. From what I’ve seen on tumblr though, it looks like Neal finally gave Emma the closure that she needed, and his blessing that he wants her to move on and find happiness again. This is what Emma wanted in Ariel, to move on because like Regina, it’s too painful to continue clinging to the past. And Emma said herself that she wished Neal was really dead because it would be easier for her than the face all the pain all over again. I do feel like now since Neal gave her the OK to move on and be happy again, she will be more receptive of Hook’s feelings and will allow herself to love him. Even more remarkable is that Neal finally accepted that moving on is what Emma wanted. And I think Hook will respect Emma’s grieving period and be there for her, console her when she needs it but definitely not push her into a relationship. He is extremely patient when it comes to Emma and will give her space.
Agreed & it’s what I want to see myself 😉