Reply To: Emma + Baelfire = Swanfire

[kfchimera]

Molly–I love that speculation idea ! I was hoping maybe Henry had pictures on his camera, and although we didn’t see them load up her bug, maybe they had time to throw  a few things in it.  He mentions having a camera in Manhattan when they are about to go to the museum.   What if there’s a photo of a Neal on there? Though your idea of Neal finally drawing again, as in a sign of him finally having hope after the second meeting with Emma is really lovely.  I bet the whole time he was with Emma the first time he half-knew disaster would strike, the  the crazy Shadow would appear or something–and he got a wooden robot telling him to leave the woman he loves and steer clear for 10 years so she can break a curse.  After meeting Henry and his father though, part of him maybe started to get over it.  At some point he realized he had to stop running from that past and stand his ground, and I’d like it that (though it isn’t SF & Emma so much) Henry is what gives him the strength.  Emma more or less found the same feeling eventually too.

I also agree it’s just a bit exaggerated to complain about Neal’s relationship with Tamara –but it’s like there’s this varying level of realism or fantasy people sort of expect for the behavior here.  It’s not realistic we’ll say for this or that to happen, but then it’s not realistic for some other things.  The whole show is a fantasy–and when you have a pirate in leather spouting lines straight out of classic movies, it does sort of play back into the fairy-tale and fantasy side.  So perhaps people just don’t feel it has to be realistic–but then Neal in his ordinary clothes, with no established classic character, having spent time in “the real world” –he just has to be more realistic people think.  I say there’s fantasy either way.