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On the family side of things, as far I’m concerned, I’m not a part of a blended family. But since my mom is filipino, I have lots of aunts and uncles and cousins. And it’s often confusing when I meet friends close to mom, to differentiate who is a relative and who isn’t. But anyway, what that means generally, is that any elder you meet (doesn’t even matter if you are blood-related), you still refer to the female elders as ‘auntie’ and the men as ‘uncle.’ That’s just how it is. It’s a sign of respect too.
(FYI, that is only coming from my mom’s side since my dad is not filipino. And we don’t know a lot about his family in general). So to sum up, I am very used to having a big family and family to me, doesn’t necessarily have to include blood ties.
I know I was saying, if I was still student, it would be a good idea to a do study thing. But it wouldn’t hurt now to do some kind of survey. I already started to figure out a format this morning.
Give me a few and I’m sure I’ll be able to come up with something 😉
Okay, got it. How does this look?
Alias/Your Name:
Age:
Relationship Status: Married or Single
If married, is this your first marriage or second?
Your ‘ship name:[adrotate group="5"]And it’s often confusing when I meet friends close to mom, to differentiate who is a relative and who isn’t. But anyway, what that means generally, is that any elder you meet (doesn’t even matter if you are blood-related), you still refer to the female elders as ‘auntie’ and the men as ‘uncle.’ That’s just how it is. It’s a sign of respect too.
I had to laugh at that! I come from a big old Italian family “right off the boat” who do the same thing. I’m in my 40s and I still refer to some elders that I’m not related to as “aunt or uncle” because that’s the way I was raised. I make my kids do the same thing and they always get this confused look on their faces like “who the heck is this?” I firmly believe that a child’s life in enriched by the people he\she is surrounded by, blood relation or not.
@Obisgirl, you may also want to ask about kids (yes/no) because it really does seem that there are a lot of moms on this thread.And it’s often confusing when I meet friends close to mom, to differentiate who is a relative and who isn’t. But anyway, what that means generally, is that any elder you meet (doesn’t even matter if you are blood-related), you still refer to the female elders as ‘auntie’ and the men as ‘uncle.’ That’s just how it is. It’s a sign of respect too.
I had to laugh at that! I come from a big old Italian family “right off the boat” who do the same thing. I’m in my 40s and I still refer to some elders that I’m not related to as “aunt or uncle” because that’s the way I was raised. I make my kids do the same thing and they always get this confused look on their faces like “who the heck is this?” I firmly believe that a child’s life in enriched by the people he\she is surrounded by, blood relation or not.
My mom is one of 7 and they are all very close so I grew up with my cousins, and they were virtually siblings. Haha, we’re all within about 5 years of each other in age, so we were into the ‘bar scene’ at the same time and would go out as a huge group. People in the city knew we were all related and were fascinated. Or frightened. Now our kids are all the same age and love being together!
It’s interesting, I don’t remember if it was here or elsewhere, but I remember seeing something to the effect of OUAT really promoting the concept of ‘traditional’ family (justification of SF, I believe, was the point)…to me, it’s exactly the opposite. They drive home the fact that ‘home’ isn’t a physical place, home is with your family – and ‘family’ by no means is simple on this show! The most ‘traditional’ family, I suppose, is Snowing…with the impending baby…? It’s part of what makes the show entertaining…along with flying monkeys and evil queens, and saviors…!!
Different topic – I noticed on tumblr earlier today people were going nuts about the possibility that CS is the wedding…I just don’t see it. I don’t know that I see Emma, specifically, being concerned with marriage in general. I guess I don’t see her feeling like a formal wedding and marriage is necessary; and TL alone is what binds two people together. I thought this might be an interesting concept, especially given next week’s promo. It seems we might touch upon Charming’s dreams of Emma’s marriage…I’m wondering if it’s all connected in some way…thoughts about Emma and the idea of marriage?
Awesome posts @rumplegoldfan!
And it’s often confusing when I meet friends close to mom, to differentiate who is a relative and who isn’t. But anyway, what that means generally, is that any elder you meet (doesn’t even matter if you are blood-related), you still refer to the female elders as ‘auntie’ and the men as ‘uncle.’
Glad I’m not the only one who grew up with this happening LOL My family is mostly Kiwis (New Zealanders), but my mother refers to her close friends as our ‘aunties’ & ‘uncles’. Despite all but 1 of my 4 siblings being ‘step siblings’, we NEVER refer to each other as ‘step’ anything! In fact none of us clicked to actually being “step brothers & sister” until around 14-15yrs old lol
As for me I cant have children (chances are so low as to be next to impossible), so any kids I do eventually have will most likely be fostered/adopted & those kids will be loved as my own flesh & blood period- that’s just how I roll (my poor cat is my stand in ‘toddler’ atm lol). Any adopted/fostered children will be raised as “brother/s & sister/s” as thats how it should be imo.
You might want to add ‘long term relationship’ &/or ‘dating’ to the relationship options @Obisgirl.
I guess you could also include something like ‘were you raised in whole, blended or broken family’ as well- since that seems to play a large part in ‘shipping’ from what I can tell- other wise I dont fit the CS shipper profile at all lol (only had the one love/1st love, been single since/not in a relationship, no kids & early 30’s- the only thing I have going for me is coming from a broken & blended family lol)
Okay, so where’s what the questions look like so far?
Alias or Your Name:
Age:
Relationship Status: Married or Single
If married, is this your first marriage or second?
Do you have kids? Yes or No.
If you are single, are you in a long term relationship? Yes or No.
Are you ‘dating’ ? Yes or No.
Do you have step-siblings? Yes or No.
Your ‘ship name:Voting Update: We’re winning CSers but our Rumbelle friends are struggling. Swan Queen is also winning so it might just be two Once ships in the final four right now
I wonder if Emma’s EF outfit will be a pirate outfit. I think that will be cool.
i can understand why Neal fans might upset that Hook bonds with Henry. It’s not about Henry having adults who care about him. It’s about the writers giving Hook screen time that Neal should have bonding with his son, and that neal and hook have been set up as rivals. given the show constraints, hook benefits at Neal’s expense and vice versa. if hook gets Emma and bonding with Henry, there is less reason to have Neal around. Same if it is Neal that gets Emma and Henry bonding. This is why robin bonding doesn’t matter because he us currently not viewed as a threat to the character Neal.
Keeper of Hook and Emma's smoldering first kiss, a certain Pirate's sauciness, the Evil Queen's snarkiness, Grumpy's gruffness and a drop of true love to make it all go down smooth.
This is a well thought out meta/theory
Not sure I buy into it just yet, but it is food for thought 😉
She’s nailed many of the plot points & had me almost convinced lol…. but I Dont want to be short changed seeing our CS dating- I’ll cry if they go from friends to husband & wife in less than 10eps 😉
Agreed @sweetgrass & I hope we get to see her in something like their original concept art for her- it was a very Pirate’ish looking coat, long boots, skinny pants & I dont remember the top style. 😀
Oh, I hope her kick-butt EF outfit is something like the pirate version of what Snow wears!! Please, please, please!!! This is so what I have had in my mind for when Emma finally gets to the EF: she is concerned because she knows she isn’t the ball gown type of girl but then Snow points out that she rarely wore ball gowns on a daily basis – only for special occasions. So Snow tells her she just needs to discover who she is in the EF just like she figured out who she was in SB and that will help her decide what she will she will be comfortable wearing in the EF. Then flash-forward and next scene we see everyone shocked except Henry, Snow, and Daddy Charming when Emma appears in the pirate version of what Snow wears in the EF. And then Hook sees her and we get the eyebrow smirk . . .
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