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IT’S ONCE DAY! So excited (especially for today’s ep!)
mini-rant (feel free to skip over)
Just got a lot off my chest on tumblr to try and keep things more peaceful here. At least there it’s under a cut and mostly out of the way. Sadly the people that need a reality check in the fandom will never see it no matter where it’s posted but at least it’s off my chest and I don’t even care if anyone reads it – it’s just therapeutic to write sometimes and not immediately hit delete for fear of upsetting someone else. Beyond frustrated being told by other fans what the show was always about as if they know for a fact even though both sides always believed they had come to the right conclusions and things have been consistent and some outright stated. When’s it going to be enough?? I guess it’s easier to have faith and blame everyone else, even other fans, instead of saying maybe they were wrong. I get why the idea of it was appealing in S1 (I liked the idea before S2) but I also see the setup from the start for CS and remember how badly they wanted Hook in S1 (I seriously wonder how things would have been different but I also love what we had!) I mean for crying out loud, Emma was in a piratey outfit in a pre-S1 character sketch! We didn’t make that up (or anything else for that matter). Seriously, JMO’s post-Manhattan interviews say everything and now A&E have outright said that Hook was always brought in for a specific purpose, was always intended to love Emma, and that we didn’t imagine everything we’ve been saying about Tallahassee for FOREVER and said it was all intentional to show how much they’re kindred spirits and start their beautiful journey (which was BEFORE fans could react so clearly not fanservice – sick of that word, especially from people who are simultaneously begging for fanservice!)
I’m so ready for a break from the fandom it’s ridiculous. I’ll stop in sometimes but I could use a mini-vacation for sure so will likely stick to tumblr more for a bit. I can only take so much. *clings to happy bubble*
/end rant
Can’t wait to see what happens tonight even if I’ll likely end up having to retreat very quickly into a bubble to avoid anything bringing me down. I am determined to have a much better day than it has started out as and I need some good days. I expect it to be an emotional roller coaster for sure, especially if it brings back a lot of S1 stuff like this whole season has been so far (and especially after seeing the wringer they put us through for the 3A finale!), but so excited that it’s 2 eps back-to-back! We’ve been asking for that for a finale for ages and keep not getting it so it’s nice to see a story not jam-packed into 1 episode or leave it in a cliffhanger (cause they’ll have some surprise at the end anyway for that purpose).
SO HAPPY that this particular adventure is long and airing together. Hoping we get more like that in the future so that stories can be a bit more fleshed out but still not dragged out over too much time. Also hoping for lots of character moments and emotional attachment to everything going on (some of them have been hit and miss and I’m hoping for a lot of important moments for all the characters in some way).
Can’t wait to see what happens! Is it 8 yet?? (Also yay for no spoilers from Canada. I can only imagine how furious they are and I would be too and goodness knows I’ve lived off of them all season, but I’m also kind of relieved that people won’t know for sure every little detail ahead of time so nobody is going in with an opinion on how things actually played out. I think that has ruined a lot of the 3B experience, especially with what’s been going on. I’d rather have a fresh outlook on things and see comments that aren’t influenced by what happens later on. It just kinda kills the enjoyment of it. (Not that I expect to be safe to see comments for very long anyway but still.)
[adrotate group="5"]Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.
So what’s the deal with Canada’s airing? And yes, I’m glad they won’t be ahead of us as well! I jump on Tumblr every week forgetting a ton of people are already watching and inadvertently over-spoil myself!! And I like the amount of spoilers we’ve gotten – just enough to make me ask “is it 8pm yet?” every 2 minutes without practically knowing the dialogue word for word! I’m really loving that they decided to encapsulate these last 2 episodes and treat them as their own entity. I’m hoping (thinking) they’re using it for some great character development and to get Emma to finally let go of the negativity and fear she continues to grasp onto. And seriously, who wouldn’t be intrigued seeing their own parents’ love story play out? (Especially when your mother is as romantic as you are and chucks a rock at Dad’s head) And if you don’t like CS/Hook and you’re waiting until tonight’s ep to decide whether you’re watching next season? Yeah. Don’t bother watching tonight’s ep. Because I’m perdy sure there’s going to be a lot of CS…considering they go on the adventure TOGETHER and ALONE. You’re just going to piss yourself off. And by extenion, me! 🙂
It was interesting, yesterday I was in chat with sort of a ‘sample’ of the fandom – shippers, nonshippers etc. And I did mention that a lot of CSers actually are intimidated or discouraged from entering chat or participating in the threads. Some people (I think) were genuinely surprised. But some of us were able to use the opportunity to point out that as the smaller group in this particular forum, it can feel like we’re getting beat up on, which isn’t exactly positive or appropriate. So hopefully with more of us participating and respectfully pointing out when people are being a little aggressive, we might get a better reception. (I’m gonna have to try sooooo hard to control my temper! AHHH!)
But…we’re almost there!!! Less than 12 hours to go!!! Wait, when I put it like that it’s seems like a REALLY long time still….Happy Mothers/OUAT Day!!!
Yeah, half of my new Captain Swan fanfic is gone. I have a lot of re-writing to do. 🙁 But this rarely happens to me. Luckily, I typed up a lot in Open Office but there’s still more to be done.
A word of advice guys, the new Captain Hook thread, don’t go in there. I was hoping it would be reasonable, sensible character development talk but it’s basically, Hook’s character is ruined since he fell in love with Emma. I made a response and you all are welcome to as well, but I am seriously, done with this crap. Especially after it was confirmed that Hook was always meant to fall in love with Emma.
The double-standards that exist in this fandom are disgusting. Truly.
Eta: @RumplesGirl closed the thread.
Hi, everyone! I finally decided I had to come out of lurkdom to join this thread. I’m not usually much of a shipper, but I can’t deny that with this show I’ve been rooting for CS for a LONG time.
Also, I’m a little sick of the negativity in the general fandom; I feel like if I keep hearing/seeing more of it, it’ll put a damper on what should be a great two hours. (Of course, as a pessimist by nature, I still have a tiny seed of doubt about how this will go–but with every interview that comes out, the doubt shrinks! Haha.)
I don’t know if I’m going to be able to watch the finale live since it’s Mother’s Day (and while my mom watches the show, she’s not caught up on current episodes. They’re all sitting on the DVR.) so I don’t want to either go hide in my room or hijack the living-room TV…but if I am able, I’ll probably try to join a chat somewhere. Hopefully I’m going to want someone to celebrate with!
@Epona_610 welcome to the thread! Hope you can join us tonight as it will be EPIC!
@obisgirl read the Hook thread this morning. I’m so used to the Hook bashing that it doesn’t phase me anymore. Its just all the old stuff rehashed anyway. S2 Hook was a villain, so they hate him. S3 Hook is not a villain, so they hate him more. Yeah, okay, that makes sense. Thanks though, @obisgirl for sticking to your guns and representing the fandom!It just makes me so mad to continually read this stuff when Adam and Eddie have even come out and say that he was NEVER meant to be written as a villain. He was meant to fall in love with Emma and he’s not a lovesick puppy either. But you know, no one calls Rumple or Regina lovesick puppies either or undeserving of love and they were villains in season one!
Anyway, happy vibes, happy feels, tonight is OUR night guys. I can’t watch tonight but my cs feels and love goes out to all of you. But I’m 100% certain we will finally see Emma declare her true love for Killian and the haters will be silenced into oblivion and I can finally, properly write that section in my true love meta.
I saw the new thread, and then the Hook thread and posted what I feel is a decent discussion on why Hook’s the strongest he’s ever been by supporting the woman he loves IN THE WAY SHE NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED, by NOT ABANDONING HER no matter how much of a little pain in the hiney she’s acting right now. And why Rumple becoming the Dark One and basically doing everything possible to push his son away while trying to find him (….) is basically a fantastic parlor trick and fun to watch, but from a character analysis perspective, is incredibly weak. But eh, we know what will happen when others get to it! I’m just gonna let it roooooll off my back! Nothing can bring me down on OUAT Day!!!!
More de-lurkers! Welcome!! I’m so excited by the amount of new posters we’ve seen in even just the last few days. I really think we can make this forum open their eyes a little and see that what they say can, frankly, be hurtful. And I think we can make the forum a place to have reasonable, rational discussions again without shipper bashing – but that takes respect and posters – so come out, share, post!
Ok, I’m getting way too positive, I’m starting to make myself annoyed with myself…methinks it’s time to force the child to take a nap…not, you know, because I want to take a nap so I can jump and dance around and talk to the tv while watching our pirate for 2 hours. Nooo…most definitely not!! tee hee.
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