I had my backup ships! TinkerHook! CaptainFire! CaptainCharming! CaptainCobra! Snowing’s growing on me. Rumbelle’s always pretty interesting and surprising. So I’ve gotten to see some of my ships, but others have been blown out of the water because of the direction the writers decided to go. Sure, I’m saddened I don’t get to see some of my backup ships, especially CaptainFire, but I still love the show in it’s entirety.
You make a good point here. Captain Swan wasn’t my first ‘ship in OUAT. I fell in love with Rumbelle first and I still kind of like it, but I’m teetering on giving up altogether due to Rumple’s recent actions. But you also can’t watch this show for just one ‘ship or character either. OUAT is an ensemble cast and what happens with ensemble cast, season to season?
They change, not everyone is going to get equal screen time either. I’ve seen this on my soaps where characters I would love to see regularly don’t always get screen time and the writing changes so much due to storyline demands. I think ultimately, you have to watch the story first and make ‘shipping second. Because the story is what’s more important.
Ultimately, as much as I love the romantic pairings, I watch for the entire story and every pairing, not just the ones I’m particularly fond of. I think that’s why I didn’t get upset in the finale when they ‘interrupted’ Rumbelle’s wedding with shots of CS and OQ. Because I’m not concerned with how much screen time a particular couple gets; I thought it was a lovely way to show where each couple is and how though the words Rumple & Belle spoke were to and for each other, they also highlighted where the other couples were in their relationships. It was a comment on romantic love in general in the OUATverse.
YEEESSS!!!
I totally agree!!