The magic of believing

[mia]

So I watched the PaleyFest yesterday and Ginnifer Goodwin said that she went to ask Kitsis&Horowitz what could break the curse and that the answer really makes sense.
Afterwards, I’ve tried to remember things people mentioned in the show and I remembered this from the pilot:

Emma: Just because you believe something doesn’t make it true.
Henry: That’s exactly what makes it true. You should know more than anyone.
Emma: Why is that?
Henry: Because you’re in this book.
Emma: Oh, kid, you’ve got problems.
Henry: Yep, and you’re gonna fix ’em.

The important part is actually the first two lines.
What if to break the curse, Emma has to truly believe in FTL, in the curse and in who she really is? Believing is a powerful thing as many fairy tales show us.
At this moment Emma is not closer to believing Henry than she was in the pilot. Yes, weird things have happened, but I doubt she’s close attributing it to Henry’s theory. At the pace it’s going it may be very possible that at the end of the season, she’ll just know that something is reeeally not right in SB, but she still doesn’t quite believe Henry.

When she finally embraces her heritage, that’s when the curse will break. (Sounds a lot more probable than the kissing booth, though that was hilarious! 😉 )

I still like the whole “she’s got o kiss her true love”-theory, but I’m starting to think, that’s way too easy (disregarding the fact that she’s got to find that love first).

[nightreader]

I really like this theory. Believe is, after all, a very powerful force, in fairy tales and in the real world.
I’m not sure it would be enough though, for just her to believe that is. It would obviously be a big step but somehow I feel like the believe of one person isn’t enough to break a curse that powerful. Maybe if she got more people to believe? I don’t know, but it would definitely be an interesting curse breaker if that would be it ^^

[hjbau]

I think they can’t wait to have Emma believe until the end of the series though. I think she is already thinking something is up and eventually it will all just become too much and she will have to believe. I am not sure when that will happen, but eventually Emma is going to see something that is going to be like oh my gosh. And if someone else remembers and talks to her about it then you would think she would have to start looking into it.

[Slurpeez]

While I think it is a very important step for Emma to believe in fairy tales, I don’t think her belief in magic is enough to break a powerful curse. I think her belief will be very instrumental in her learning how to break the curse though. Based on the episode description of ep. 17 Mad Hatter, a mysterious and dangerous man with a knowledge of the curse (i.e. Franklin/Mad Hatter) is going to kidnap Emma and try to persuade her that fairy tales actually exist in SB. I think this kind of shocking situation will cast some real doubt on her skeptical nature.

"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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