Spoilers for 2×22

[laurieanne]

I knew it!! I’m not sure Neal, Philip, Aurora and Mulan are in Storybrooke – I think they are in FTL or possibly in NL. Were there photos I missed of them in Storybrooke? I think we can stop the speculation of Rumple doing anything to Henry (at least not now). It’s all Tamara and Greg. (I’m so glad to see that!) But why is Neal away from the rest of the group? I realize that we need to resolve the PAM storyline but wouldn’t that be resolved in FTL? Or maybe they’re looking for Maleficent?

[Demileto]

@RumplesGirl wrote:

So what do we have so far:

–The core cast on the Jolly Roger, probably going to NL (except Henry?)
–GOAT taking Henry

Pretty sure the last pictures with Greg, Tamara and Henry show that they’ll be taking a boat to escape, so I think it’s more likely the core cast is on the Jolly Roger to go chase them.

[CrownedWithLaurels]

@RumplesGirl wrote:

The big white thing in the last picture? Yeah I thought so too. It also looks like something used to tie peoples hands together.

Yeah, ziptie= #1 tool of shady kidnappers …or at least we’ve seen in the movies! Haha

Keeper Nealfire's/Bae's scarf, Henry and Neal's bribery ice cream sundae, Baelfire's sword, the coconut map, and more.

[kfchimera]

@AngieBelle wrote:

Belle is very good at seeing the good in people. If she says it’s there, it’s there. And we saw him as a good man once in his pre-dark one days. He has it in him.

Slightly off topic, but is Belle really THAT perceptive about goodness? There is a saying that love is blind. She described Hook as “rotten to the core.” I, like many others, have a different view given the scenes showing him doing things like saving Aurora’s heart from falling into the portal, or nudging transformed fish guy into the water. I think if we were meant to think Hook were truly rotten, the show would not include those scenes. So if Hook also has the capacity to be reformed, why did Belle not see that ? Granted, a guy threatening to kill your boyfriend might make it hard to see that guy’s redeeming qualities, but a lot of people think she is somehow the ultimate in seeing good underneath darkness. Maybe she is just naive!

I want to trust her judgement of Rumpel because I want Rumpel to ultimately make the right choices, but I have to admit, she (and all of us fans in the audience) may be overestimating his degree of reformation at this early point in the story. We may be in for some tricky reversals that might have us shouting at the screen. Before Manhattan, many people thought Rumpel would take on the role of kindly grandpa to Henry, but what we saw was much more complicated. There is still a lot of fear and anger in Rumpel.

I think there is more to come for Belle to truly accept even the darkest parts of his heart, and change them. I think her judgement will become less naive, especially after she integrates the Lacey persona. I think that is part of her journey, why the writers chose to unfold her tale that way, rather than choosing some other obstacle for Rumbelle.

So far as the spoilers go, I think it is entirely possible that Rumpel might have some kind of plan to “neutralize” the threat of Henry, similar to his idea of how to handle getting revenge on Regina at the start of the season. I don’t think he is in as dark of a place as at the start of the season, for he has learned some things, but I do think he has not learned enough to be a hero yet.

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

[RumplesGirl]

@LaurieAnne wrote:

I knew it!! I’m not sure Neal, Philip, Aurora and Mulan are in Storybrooke – I think they are in FTL or possibly in NL. Were there photos I missed of them in Storybrooke? I think we can stop the speculation of Rumple doing anything to Henry (at least not now). It’s all Tamara and Greg. (I’m so glad to see that!) But why is Neal away from the rest of the group? I realize that we need to resolve the PAM storyline but wouldn’t that be resolved in FTL? Or maybe they’re looking for Maleficent?

We saw the actors with Nealfire in SB but the actual location for what they were filming hasn’t been clarified. I am more inclined to believe that MAP are in NL than SB.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[RumplesGirl]

And there’s this. This was tweeted just a few moments ago.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[RumplesGirl]

Whoa. First official response from an actor on the show.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[RumplesGirl]

VIDEO

http://vancityfilming.com/once-upon-a-time-video-of-a-scene-from-the-season-finale/

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[kfchimera]

Goat on a boat. Now we have a Dr. Seuss crossover…

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

[Killian Jones]

@RumplesGirl wrote:

VIDEO

http://vancityfilming.com/once-upon-a-time-video-of-a-scene-from-the-season-finale/

Looks like Greg, Tamara and Henry?

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