This makes me SO mad too! Sure, after Emma finds YOU, you say you are going to fight for her. That’s EASY! When was he ever around for any of the HARD stuff, like NOT leaving her, or coming to FIND her?? Don’t get me started!!
Your belief in love wasn’t strong enough to overcome your fear of rejection.
I mean… helloooooooo!
I know SFers like to believe that what makes SF beautiful is that it’s a ~real life ~messy ~imperfect relationship, but I call BS on that.
EVERY SINGLE FANTASY STORY HAS RULES. Rules which HAVE to be followed. Otherwise the story makes NO SENSE. You have to follow a structure.
In OUAT (and OUATIW) we have consistently been shown:
- that TL does not move on
- it always finds each other
- when it is separated, it ruins the couples lives
- that both partners need to believe in their love
SF literally fits NONE of these criteria. I mean, you could ignore it not meeting one or two, but ALL FOUR?
NOPE.
Keeper of Captain Swan's first kiss