So here’s a question I would like to bring up: What about the progression of how long it takes for these characters to “fall in love”? It seems most of the time it is a very short jump from just meeting to True Love. Let’s see:
Snowing: Snow meets charming during a heist, they must help eachother get back the ring. Poof. True Love over the course of, what? A day?
Swanfire: This is a bit harder since we didn’t get a lot of flashbacks of this couple. But it seems to happen in a matter of months or atleast less than a year.
OutlawQueen: The most obvious one yet. Regina and Robin meet, Regina sees the ink. Poof. Love. Made worse as they were said to be true loves before even meeting each other without any evidence. One must wonder if they would be together if regina had never see the tattoo
CaptainSwan: Hook confesses his love to Emma in Neverland, which probably takes place, what? A few weeks (maybe a month or two) after they initially met in the EF?
RumBelle: This is the only couple who seems to have had the proper time to allow falling in love. Belle seemed to be with Rumpel for quite awhile, her attraction to him growing and vice versa, becoming friendly with one another and THEN poof. True Love.
My question is, should the show, being fiction, take the time to actually show the characters growing into a proper relationship over time and trials or just have it be a bit more accelerated? Personally, I think a bit of both. It is unrealistic for two people to meet and in a few weeks be in love (I finished highschool a few years ago, I’ve been there, done that, and seen fail all around me) or should they properly portray what it takes to maintain and grow in relationship over time, getting past fights and arguments, trials, and everything that comes in a real life relationship package?
When it comes to the EF, I actually get the love at first sight or falling for eachother rather quickly. Its a land of magic and Happy Endings, so it makes sense that this is how things works there. Snowings relationship makes sense because that is how a fairytale romance works. But this world however is a land without either. It would be interesting if that were shown. Two people from the enchanted forest meeting in our land, getting together, and then realizing things aren’t so easy here. Im rambling aren’t I?
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