Reply To: Emma + Baelfire = Swanfire

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No one will ever convince Neal’s poster wasn’t official after this. The three ones that circulated were Belle, Neal and Henry. Belle and Henry’s have been confirmed as official.

Oh, I’m convinced the poster for Neal is authentic and so is the byline “Believe in Second Chances.” Tonight we saw Neal get a second chance with his dad when he said Rumple came back for him. *Tearing up* The most obvious Swanfire parallel was Neal reconciling with his papa by hugging and forgiving him, which in turn, inspired Emma to turn around and hug her parents. A key step in the hero’s journey is making peace with the father/mother and both Neal and Emma managed to do just this tonight. Emma and Neal are the best versions of themselves around each other, and I firmly believe that Neal being there helps Emma to hold onto hope. Neal made sure his father would help David at no cost to Emma or her family because it’s the right thing to do, and so Neal freeing his father was like lighting a beacon of hope that Emma’s father would be saved too. So many parallels

Henry’s heart could be ripped out though?! So does this suggest he isn’t the product of true love.

Not all true-love babies are the same. For example, both David’s and Snow White’s parents had true love, yet we’ve seen Regina rip out Snow White’s heart in S2. In Emma’s case, she’s not just the product of true love but she’s also true love incarnate, which means she’s magical and why her heart is protected. Each child of true love is unique. In Henry’s case, he is born of light and dark magic, and was raised in a cursed town, which means he has the heart of the truest believer. Yet, just because he can freely take out his own heart doesn’t mean he’s not born of true love, just as Snow White having her heart removed by Regina in S2 doesn’t mean she’s not the product of true love. Snow White and Henry are similar in the sense that both are the product of true love, but as far as we know, Henry is only magical in Neverland where belief fuels magic, but neither he nor Snow would be deemed “magical” like Emma would be.