Reply To: Emma + Baelfire = Swanfire

[Josephine]

I actually hope all the actors go on to better things. As much as I dislike Hook or Zelena or someone else, I don’t hate the actors or wish them ill. I’m also not going to judge them based on actions on Twitter and not responding to so-and-so’s tweet. How many times have we all answered questions or talked by DM on Twitter? If I were a celeb I’d really think twice (or thrice) about my interaction with friends publicly on social media. So while overall I think it’s a bit odd and suspect that the cast doesn’t interact like they did in season one or even two, I’m not going to get angry over it.

I actually think most of them might do rather well. So far Rose McIver and David Anders have iZombie, Jamie Dornan got 50s Shades, Raphael Sbarge is on Murder in the First, Joanna Garcia was on a summer show on ABC. And those are just off the top of my head. Bobby is already largely establish in theater and film and Ginny has the movie and tv credits to her background (and was the first one signed to the show and top billed). I think most of them will do just fine and may go on to bigger, and hopefully better, roles. (Or they may fall into obscurity. 😉 )

Ultimately, the outcome for me after the series is done in regards the industry is that I will no longer watch any Adam/Eddy projects. No matter how interesting it seems I can’t be jerked around like that anymore. And I bet I’m not the only one. Most of you know of my embargo on Ryan Murphy productions. He has a history of having brilliant beginnings and fizzling. We were burnt on Popular in the 90s and then Glee. I didn’t watch Nip/Tuck but I’ve read it devolved in the end, too. As much as Scream Queens sounds intriguing, his past history colors my opinion so I refuse to watch it. Yes, AHS seems to be different but it’s also a different animal–changing stories yearly but keeping the same acting company. And while I do not have a Nielsen box and my viewing habits have no impact, I can’t be the only person who feels this way.

As for Dark Swan, I can imagine it is one of the few things that they’ve always had planned. RG is correct in the monomyth. It makes sense to the story that Emma, the savior, would take on darkness and “die” during her journey. I also think Rumple will bite the dust for real. Maybe it’s reading HP and watching Harry and Dumbledore all day on the ABC Family marathon (I can’t resist) but Rumple is acting as Emma’s mentor. He always did have this weird role for Emma but now even in her Dark Swan mode, he’s literally the devil on her shoulder. At some point the savior/hero has to go forward without her mentor, aka so long Rumple.