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Some pretties 🙂
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Like mother, like daughter 😉
Who needs words when you have actors of this caliber! 😉
[adrotate group="5"]OK, so this isnt CS, but it’s just to darn cute not to share…
LOL! & Can I just say…Where on earth do the awesome guys like this hide when we’re looking everywhere for them?! 😛 😉 lol
Screwball wrote something interesting on why Rumple’s death was more easily accepted by fans than Neal’s.
pissedoffatouat said: why is it easy to accept Rumpelstiltskin’s death as bold storytelling, even though it’s sad, but Neal’s “death” feels fake and impossible to accept?
I have no problem accepting Neal’s death because we saw the body AND the funeral and, more damningly, they broke out the Cello Music of Doom.
But I agree Rumple’s death felt way more satisfying than Neal’s, probably because Rumple broadcasted his death for a whole season. We knew “the boy would be Rumple’s undoing” since the middle of S2, Rumple told Belle he was going on a one-way trip to Neverland in the S2 finale, and Rumple was shouting about dying for Henry for ALL of S3A. So when Rumple actually kicked the bucket to save his family it was satisfying instead of shocking.
With Neal we had JUST gone through his “death” in the S2 finale, so him dying in the middle of S3B seemed kind of “been there, done that.” However, for just this once I’m going to ignore my “ONLY care about what we see in the episodes” philosophy and point out that I’m 90% sure the actor who plays Nealfire wanted out of the show. There were rumors from reliable sources to that effect, AND the actor tweeted official denials of this, AND the writers officially denied it: in my book, Solid Rumors + Official Denials mean the original rumors are true. So just this once I think we have to give the writers a break because they did their best to work Neal’s death into Zelena’s arc in a respectful way to his character— Neal said goodbye to everybody, died a hero to save his dad, and there was a touching funeral. It’s not like Neal randomly fell over a tree root, conked his head and died without anybody noticing.
What did NOT happenWhat I find fascinating is that some Nealfire fans were upset that Snowing named their baby Neal, saying they should have named the baby Baelfire. But aren’t Baelfire and Neal THE SAME PERSON? If you love Baelfire but are ‘meh’ about Neal then the writers have failed to link the two, and that’s a big reason why I think Nealfire didn’t get that much love from the fans (see that essay here!). In any case, I’m afraid Nealfire is gone for good except for flashbacks (and those will probably be with young Baelfire).
Here’s the Nealfire essay for those interested http://screwballninja.tumblr.com/post/76569212095/whats-the-deal-with-neal-or-why-nealfire-gets
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of FelixScrewball wrote something interesting on why Rumple’s death was more easily accepted by fans than Neal’s.
pissedoffatouat said:
What did NOT happenWhat I find fascinating is that some Nealfire fans were upset that Snowing named their baby Neal, saying they should have named the baby Baelfire. But aren’t Baelfire and Neal THE SAME PERSON?
I know, right? I remember reading stuff even here that SF wanted the baby named Neal but when fantasy became reality, I guess it was too incestuous.
I mean, think of the lines we could possibly get next season that’ll be traumatizing for Emma to hear: I need to breast feed Neal or change his diaper.
I get that Adam and Eddy wanted to pay homage to the character and keep him around in spirit, but yeah, is it very weird for a mom to name her child after her daughters ex-boyfriend.
I know, right? I remember reading stuff even here that SF wanted the baby named Neal but when fantasy became reality, I guess it was too incestuous.
I mean, think of the lines we could possibly get next season that’ll be traumatizing for Emma to hear: I need to breast feed Neal or change his diaper.
I get that Adam and Eddy wanted to pay homage to the character and keep him around in spirit, but yeah, is it very weird for a mom to name her child after her daughters ex-boyfriend.
Neal should’ve been the baby’s middle name rather than its first name. That way there would still be the “honouring Neal” angle without the constant reminder for Emma and Henry that their Neal is dead.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix
& she didnt 😉 
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