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At the risk of opening Pandora’s Box (metaphorically, not the one we’ve seen before) why is Emma making dreamcatchers?? Is it a distraction? Is it for a reason?
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Theory (which I said before when it was spoilers):
She’s trying to use the dreamcatchers to block out the Rumple visions.
It’s also an obvious tie-back to her relationship with Neal (whether A&E admit it or not), and a connection to the first time she intentionally used magic (when Gold guided her to use the dreamcatcher to read Pongo’s memory).
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Very easy answer, IMO: they are flypapers for nightmares and Emma’s currently living in a waking nightmare. She’s holding on to something that’s always been a reminder of a better time, a time when she was happy and in love and free to be Emma Swan, unburdened by anything. They are her tether to reality.
And yeah. No matter how many times A and E might want to deny their connection to Neal, that’s not how symbology works. They set up the dreamcatcher as a very important narrative through point for SF and meaning of symbols don’t just get erased because the writers suddenly turn on a dime. You can add depth and meaning, but you don’t subtract.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"why is Emma making dreamcatchers?? Is it a distraction? Is it for a reason?
It’s all of the above. It’s a hobby, a way to kill the time, and also hugely symbolic. The dreamcatcher is what Baelfire used to block the nightmares of Rumple abandoning him after his dad became the dark one. Emma is using the “flypaper for nightmares” to block out the nightmare she’s currently living.
Emma: It’s a Native American dreamcatcher. It’s supposed to keep the nightmares out and only let the good dreams in to protect your home. – Tallahassee
More than that, however, I think the dreamcatcher is about the dreams she’s had and lost.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
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