Just found this gifset on tumblr & it really struck me so wanted to share! Gifs aren’t mine nor is the gifset – just my take on each scenario! I reblogged the original. (Edited to add – I reblogged the original & then did a separate meta with a link back to it so as not to hijack it. Same thing as here though.)
Emma has either known of and/or actually seen all of these guys alone at Granny’s & has a different reaction in each case.
Graham – she declines when she thinks he flirting by returning the cocoa (which was actually sent by Henry) & is not amused because she’s “not here to flirt”; so basically she thinks he’s offering her a drink, she declines
August – she doesn’t trust and is highly suspicious of but finally sits down to talk to in order to get information because she knows he was hanging around Henry; he asks her to share a drink & she wants to decline but uses it as a bargaining chip
Neal – she knows he will be there and doesn’t show up though almost gets dragged there by Charming after asking him if he’s trying to keep her “away from Hook”; he wants a date and leaves it up in the air with show or no show and she chooses not to show up, knowing what that would look/feel like cause she’s been there
Killian – she not only sends him her drink of choice (a reversal of him always offering her rum) but actively tries to get him to lighten up, is “open and playful” (Jane’s words), and is herself (and smiling/giggling to boot!); she’s there spending time alone with him embracing her magic and trying to cheer him up and is actually sending HIM a drink instead of declining/only going along for information/outright not showing up.
Basically we’ve seen her in many situations where a drink is offered to her and she usually turns it down before and then eventually welcomes it (but has taken MANY from/with Killian at this point), and now we have seen all of these men sitting alone at Granny’s & how she reacted to each of them (hint – one of these is not like the others…)
PS: I love how, after so many times that he’s tried to cheer her up with his favorite drink, she’s now returning the favor with hers!
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.