Ranisha Pitts wrote: Not only did she keep the yellow bug for 13 years but that means she had to put money into to maintain it. She put a love and care in her yellow bug and even though she has an opportunity to sell it she has never had. Perhaps the yellow bug is a symbol of hope for her. And we know all happy endings begin with hope.
Yes! People debate whether or not she was telling the truth about the reason she kept the swan pendant. But seriously, she also kept their Bug. It was the place they met, the place they lived, the place they slept, potentially the place that Henry was conceived, it was their home, it was the last place she ever saw him. Even moreso than the swan pendant, that car represented THEM. And she held onto it. She wouldn’t have held onto it if every time she got into it, it was a “reminder to never trust anyone again,” like the line she tried to spin about why she’d kept the pendant. If she had that sort of negative reaction to the car, if it brought her down to get into it every single day, she would not have kept it. She kept it because somewhere inside, she always knew that she never stopped loving him, and that car, and that pendant, were all she had left of him, and she wanted him near her all those years. If she really wanted to let go of her love for him, she wouldn’t have kept either of those things. But she kept them, and she invested in maintaining their old car, their old home. That speaks volumes to me.
Preach. You don’t keep something as big as a car (especially one that wasn’t new and would definitely need to be maintained) unless it means something important to you. I still think Emma kept the keychain and wore it close to heart to always remind her of what it feels like to be loved by someone. From what all we know about Emma and her history, Neal really is the only person from her life before Storybrook who showed her love, affection, and companionship. In the pilot she tells the creepy bail jumper that she has no family or friends so Neal was truly the only person who ever cared about and loved her in the real world. That’s a pretty powerful thing. My head canon will always be that the keychain symbolized Emma realizing what love actually is and that she never wanted to forget that feeling even if she never saw Neal again (although I’m pretty sure a part of her has always wanted to see Neal again but that’s a whole other post here, LOL).
Love FTW!!!! 😉
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