I have a feeling it was in the plans and then a lot of stuff may have gotten cut OR there’s a lot in the finale *hopefully*
H&K addressed some of this by saying they don’t want to start ruling out even the obvious stuff that won’t happen because by ruling it out it gives away where they’re going with stuff (I agree with that, I don’t like it leading everybody on but they can’t spell out who’s gonna be with who with regards to Emma – she’s one of the few that isn’t set in Disney-esque stone). If they cross stuff off the list then people will read even more into what they say about the ones they’re not willing to cross off yet.
I think we’re gonna have a long journey but the triangle will become more apparent and people on both sides will just have to accept it (I think CS fans for the most part have accepted that there is this other side with Neal…we just don’t like it / want Emma to go back to him).
I’d like to think that they wouldn’t go TOO far or unrealistically too far for any ship they don’t intend on having for endgame (ie: I don’t think we’d get one ship for 5 years and then in year 6 they’re with someone else, at least I’d hope not). They pushed it as far as they did with SwanFire already but put it into understandable circumstances and they’ll have a lot to address when they are reunited and it may not go on for too long.
If we do get to see a full out triangle, both sides have to be viable and people should be a little torn (like Emma) or it doesn’t really work. There’s nobody that’s perfect and the other is horrible where it’s obvious like on most shows who the ultimate couple will be. I don’t want them to drag it out but they’ll need both sides to have something to hold onto to make it real. I fully buy that Emma would be torn somewhere down the line and it makes sense the fandom feels it.
It’s sad that it causes a lot of nasty shipping wars and that Adam has to keep defending himself on twitter. Everybody wants to see their favorites and I don’t take what they say as “we’re saying what you want to hear so you’ll tune in” but more as “this is the story we’re telling, we know there are moments you’re gonna like, stick around and enjoy it” cause them telling us where they’re heading gets rid of the fun surprises along the way. Plus with shows like this there are always characters you don’t like at first but you end up loving more than the people you hated at first but you would think they were nuts if they came out at the beginning and said “we’re planning on putting these two together so keep an eye on that.”
Can you imagine after the pilot saying “Rumple is the Beast. Belle will fall in love with him and so will you eventually, stay tuned!”…people were flipping out after the Skin Deep PROMO (& not in a good way!) and then it ended up being awesome!
The more they tell us on twitter the more trouble they get into (poor Adam) but I can see why they can’t really say no, you’re crazy if you see something there.
We get little snippets here and there for pretty much any ship you can think of, but ultimately, we’re eventually going to get true shipper moments (and I can’t wait for CaptainSwan ones which were kinda backburnered for most of the season after teasing us with Tallahassee – but a lot of other stuff had to happen before we can get Emma to the point where she CAN have something with Hook.
The show is about hope and they don’t want to out and out dash hopes too. Nobody is ever going to love the same coupling in a triangle and there’s always going to be somebody upset at the end of the day, I just think they’re hoping the rest of the story they’re telling makes up for only having so many wonderful moments before the other side gets theres.
I’m still annoyed with the coupling in Lost but I enjoy the parts where my ship had their moments. I don’t think they’re trying to lead us astray, part of it could be they forget what was cut / what scenes are in which eps etc since they worked on it so long before it airs but I really think we’ll get some good CS stuff in the finale (it’s supposed to be Hook-centric + young Bae…we need some good stuff with Hook / Emma. And it better be there with lots of promise for next season! I want them interacting a lot more. He was kicked to the side (probably mostly because of the broken leg thing…) and NealFire got a lot of moments this year.
I think S1 was reuniting Emma with Henry, S2 reuniting Rumple with Bae and Bae with Henry so that Henry has all of them in his life (even if it will take a lot of work), and S3 is hopefully Emma moving forward now that her family unit is pretty much together (though she may have to go rescue some of them…) and getting closer to Hook (doesn’t have to be a full on relationship just yet or I’d worry about their longevity…)
Re the last comment: the ep should center on Hook with a dose of young Bae since it was a 2 parter relating to Neverland so we should get lots of Hook for once! Perhaps good things come to those who wait? And Adam did say there was an “important” Hook & Emma scene and an “awesome” one (not sure if he was thinking about the same scene in both questions or just changed his wording between them) but I have faith that we’ll get something pretty good (hopefully a little bit of what I posted a couple pages back in the dream that I had. I’d settle for even just a little bit of that happening and I hope they our socks off with wonderful CaptainSwan moments – they can’t really be “romantic” after the way the last ep ended but he could certainly comfort her and lay the ground work for the future. They are kindred spirits after all!
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.