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RumBelle is my favorite part of the show, but it’s not the only reason I watch. I love all the characters and their relationships to each other. I love that it’s a big mash up of fairytales- professional fanfiction! At this point, I’m way too invested in the story to ever give up the show. I just am not the type to go from “this is the best show ever!” to “I never want to watch again!” It’s too big of a jump for me. Even if I disliked the direction they took the show in, I’d still want to know how everything turned out. I’m there for the journey- good or bad. There is nothing that would make me stop watching.
[adrotate group="5"]I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have said anything. I’ll let you all grieve in peace. :'(
Honestly, I don’t understand why I’m not as upset as you all are. Before the episode aired, I was very vocal about how I thought his death would be a terrible idea. I feel as if I’ve been brainwashed or something.
*sigh*
I know I’m in the minority (especially here), but even though I really didn’t want Neal to die and stated many reasons why I thought it was a terrible idea, I actually ended up quite liking the story that they told in Quiet Minds and didn’t take it nearly as hard as I thought I would. When all the hints pointed to him being the casualty, I feared he would just be offed by Zelena in a typical heart crushing, but what they did was far more interesting and (to me, I know most of you disagree) satisfying. I liked how Neal almost followed in his father’s footsteps but in the end allowed himself to pay the price so they could go after Zelena. Everything came full circle. Rumple sacrificed for Neal, and then Neal had the chance to do it for Rumple. He had closure with everyone- Hook, Emma, Rumple (just sadly, not Henry.) I thought it was beautiful. I didn’t find Neal to be out of character- desperation makes people behave differently than they might otherwise. They don’t always behave the way you’d expect them to. We’ve seen this again and again- especially with Rumple and Regina, both of whom did not want to practice the dark arts until they were pushed into it by circumstance- desperation.
Don’t get me wrong- I was rooting for Swanfire’s happy ending too, very much so- I believed completely that they were endgame, and I’m mourning the stories we lost when he died, but I don’t think his death will be in vain. The gang now has a personal vendetta against Zelena. The stakes are up. Until this point, the only thing she’d done as far as they remember is turned people into monkeys.
Please don’t be upset with me. I know all the reasons you all disagree, having had several discussions about it on Twitter. I’m exhausted trying to show people an alternative way to think of things when no one wants to budge. What’s really upsetting for me is that this is the first time that people I can usually count on to agree with my perspective are absolutely livid over an episode. It doesn’t feel good to clash with friends, and I’m seeing Oncers I’m fond of chatting with angry at the show and wanting to leave it. Honestly, I’m taking that harder than I’m taking the episode itself. It makes me want to cry.
Greg and Tamra in general!’ Their whole story was a plot device to get everyone to Neverland.
You know, the taser didn’t bother me…probably because I had never seen a taser before and didn’t recognize it as a real world item! I thought it was some devise created by the home office that deactivated magic- hence why it affected August…without magic, he’s just wood.
My friend who is a professional movie critic and also watches OuaT offers this explanation for why Neal’s death actually does make sense dramatically:
“For one thing, it evens the scales. Rumple sacrificed himself. Neal got to do the same. It also brings their relationship full circle to a final reconciliation. That gives the drama extra weight.”
I’d also add that his death makes their battle with Zelena more personal.
Of course, I’m still greatly saddened as I really wanted a happy ending for him and Emma or at least a great friendship/co-parenting. I think they could have told more stories with him. But I’m not angry with the writers. All the anger I’m seeing is disheartening and makes me more distraught than the episode itself! I don’t like seeing my friends angry.
I loved all of Belle’s moments- saying how she loves *all* of Rumple, calling out Hook for what he did to her, finally being acknowledged on screen by the other characters, immediately catching on to Lumiere’s lies, trying to talk Neal out of making a terrible mistake, her reaction to seeing Rumple again, etc.
I thought the episode was very well done. I did not want Neal’s death for a moment. I love him with Emma. I loved seeing him reconcile with Rumple and get to know Henry. I wanted to see him get his happy ending as much as any of you. I’m heartbroken. However, if the death had to be Neal, at least he died a hero in the arms of Emma and Rumple. I liked how they showed he was a lot like his father and made a dangerous choice. I think his death was done in the best possible way.
I think the idea that the wedding is RumBelle is not at all outside of the realm of possibility! I would be kind of surprised to see them take that step with these two seeing as they’ve always sort of been star crossed lovers, but out of all the main couples, they are the only ones whose relationship is in a strong enough position for marriage to be believable. The others are still in the courting phase. Not to mention, Rumple all but proposed to her in “The New Neverland” with his line about the only path he wants to take is the one in which they are together.
I suppose it *could* be Ariel and Eric or Philip and Aurora, but they are not major characters and would make that big spoiler feel awfully anti-climatic.
