Reply To: Emma + Baelfire = Swanfire

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Mickstemp wrote: So their memories go back as 3×11 therefore implying the lost year spent in the EF is essentially (temporarily) wiped from their minds and out of everyone Hook’s the only one who managed to evade  this specific dilemma? Hmm. Am I reading that correctly?

Yes, you’re reading that correctly, which is why I think it’s a huge red herring that Hook has been made out to seem like the main protagonist going into S3b. If you ask me, something is rotten in the kingdom of Denmark the Enchanted Forest. How could only Hook have escaped this new curse unless he’s taken measures into his own hands to ensure it? Hook has made deals with witches before.

Also is this just a general curse for the sake of casting a curse or is there someone who doesn’t want them to remember something the group achieved/were planning/discovered etc.,?

I think the WW is the one who doesn’t want anyone to remember the previous year, for some unknown reason, but she may not be the only one.

Perhaps the death is the result of the individual giving up his/her life in order to break the curse and unlock the memories the group had in EF which could possibly be used to defeat WWW Would kind of explain Adam’s reasoning that the death of this character is because the story “demanded” it

Yes, that would explain how the story “demands” it but I’m not sure if self-sacrifice is required to break this new curse or not. I have an inkling what will ultimately break the curse will be Emma and Neal’s sharing a TLK. The first cursed was ended when Emma kissed her son, whom she really loves, and the only other person whom Emma has ever said that to is Neal, which seems highly significant to me. Why else would the writers have bothered to repeat it so many times since S2? If Emma and Neal’s story were really over, the writers would have simply ended it with him falling through the bean portal in 2×21. Instead, the writers allowed Neal to survive to S3 and for Emma to repeat how much she loves Neal again. If it weren’t important, the writers wouldn’t have wasted their time repeating it so many times.  I think it’s because they want to underscore just how much Neal means to Emma and why she was so heartbroken and angry that she never got to explore what that meant with him. And when Eddy Kitsis says it’s really powerful to hear Emma declare her love for someone, I believe it! Also, why else have Neal tell Emma their story isn’t over in 3×11? That is why I believe Emma and Neal’s story isn’t done and why their love is true; no matter how many obstacles life has throne at them, they’ve never stopped loving one another. In a story about hope, love, family, forgiveness and happy endings, to deny Emma and Neal that second chance to finally be together would just be unfathomable to me. I know things don’t always turn out like we think, but I think the writers have left us sufficient evidence to see this story is about a family’s reconciliation, and at the heart of that story is Emma and Neal’s love for one another.