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@KFChimera wrote:
@Keb wrote:
I can kinda see Hook and Regina having a fling, but I suspect that they’ll have way, way too many trust issues to get very far. Neither likes people who double-cross them, and both have a strong propensity to double-cross others. And they’ve already done that to each other a couple of times–Hook sided with Cora against Regina after agreeing to help Regina, and Regina sided with Cora against Hook when he thought they were working together. The two of them are also very flirty people and the flirting between them has been very minimal in comparison to other people they’ve talked to…which is interesting.
Some good observations there, especially about their propensity for double-crosses, and how they both turn off the flirting with each other.
And as I was about to post that, I saw Beastwhisper’s post. The way you write up the potential of those two together does make the idea sound compelling, but I still fear they would end up in more darkness together. Anyway, for the betrayal, that could work–a complex situation no matter how it plays out when these two characters cross paths!
It’s a valid concern. They’d either explode fantastically and take out half the world, or they’d go all the way to a HEA. I don’t see much middleground with those two. Hence my growing interest in the pairing. The untapped fanfic potential alone is staggering. 😈 😆
[adrotate group="5"]@Keb wrote:
I can kinda see Hook and Regina having a fling, but I suspect that they’ll have way, way too many trust issues to get very far. Neither likes people who double-cross them, and both have a strong propensity to double-cross others. And they’ve already done that to each other a couple of times–Hook sided with Cora against Regina after agreeing to help Regina, and Regina sided with Cora against Hook when he thought they were working together. The two of them are also very flirty people and the flirting between them has been very minimal in comparison to other people they’ve talked to…which is interesting.
Speaking purely as someone who does ship Hook and Regina, their guardedness about flirting with each other is one of the reasons I like it. This is just my personal take on the characters, but I’ve always had the feeling that because both characters are still devoted to their dead lovers that neither will actually let themselves get too flirty or open around someone who could actually touch their heart or get too close. Regina had her “whatever you want to call it” with Graham for years, but she made sure he didn’t have his heart so he couldn’t feel anything and neither would she. Her crushing his heart was all about hurt pride. Hook flirts with most people, but he does it in a very off-putting fashion, like flirting with both a mother and a daughter or saying something outright crude. As a result the women tend to just roll their eyes at him instead of going for it. It’s like a self-defense mechanism to keep emotional attachments out.
I find Hook and Regina’s interactions to be different from their interactions with their other potential romantic interests, and that’s one of the things I dig about the potential between them. Regina knows full out that Hook suffered the same loss of a true love that she did and even by the same means of death. They knowingly and unknowingly make comments that dance around the other’s heartbreak. I’d love to know how much Hook overheard of Regina’s farewell to Cora after he “killed” her. I don’t think he knows the details, but he might have heard enough to suspect something. They’re like a mirror to each other, and sensing that could certainly make them more guarded about revealing themselves. It’s safe to flirt with someone else, but there are some people who, if you go there, can only be a real connection. That’s how I view these two.
So far everyone’s betrayed Hook, and Hook’s betrayed everyone. There is no Hook ship that doesn’t have that element to contend with, unless you count Ariel who doesn’t actually exist in the Once-verse. Interestingly, Hook and Regina keep forming alliances despite the betrayals.
My suspicion about Regina betraying Hook this time is:
She tells him her plan about leaving SB with Hook and Henry, and she explains that there is some kind of mechanism in the curse that will destroy the town if she leaves. That means his crocodile will be destroyed with everyone else left behind. Henry calling her a villain might give Regina pause though, and she decides to back out of the plan…. thus she would have betrayed Hook by doing the right thing for once.
The show could go a totally different direction with it, and I can’t wait to find out what they decide to do. I just really find this dynamic to be complex, intriguing, and understated so far.
Yeah, those looked like Miller’s Daughter scenes. Forgot about the enemy’s heart in the ingredients. Maybe Regina is just making Henry forget their conversation or something.
Sure looks like Cora’s spellbook in Regina’s hand. Could she possibly have copied the empty heart spell into it? She’s casting something on Henry. Since the sfx only appears in front of his face it might be a spell that alters his mind.
@RumbelleDearie wrote:
I know in one of the podcasts Adam or Eddy said that Belle not getting her memory back would be “the bleakest end” and that this show is about happy endings so at some point she WILL be Belle again, it’s just when. And I think a Full Monty-esque striptease would be just the thing!
That’s reassuring to hear from Adam or Eddy. 🙂
You know, if Rumple gave her a striptease he would be taking Charming’s advice to the most literal end. 😉
@RumplesGirl wrote:
@BeastWhisperer wrote:
He could perform a striptease to her favorite Van Halen song. She needs some Panama! Plus, I really loved The Full Monty.
Love RG’s suggestion of wine too.
I….I….I…need this to happen. Mmhm.
I’m thinking fanvid. We all need this. *swoon*
@Keb wrote:
Of course, Rumple’s running out of libraries to give the girl. And Lacey apparently doesn’t care about them anyway 🙁 Perhaps he can give her an MP3 player with a music library?
He could perform a striptease to her favorite Van Halen song. She needs some Panama! Plus, I really loved The Full Monty.
Love RG’s suggestion of wine too.
@AngieBelle wrote:
Yeah, I don’t think Keith is intentionally trying to take advantage of her- I don’t think he has any clue what’s going on. He is just flirting with her and she is reacting to it in a positive way which eggs him on.
Yep. If he were someone clever like Rumple or Regina, I could wonder about him playing coy or knowing more than he lets on. However, Keith in both SB and Sherwood has proven that he’s an idiot who speaks without much thought. Without him actually knowing that Lacey is cursed, I just see him acting like a horndog and thinking that it’s welcome. It’s just not the same thing as him consciously taking advantage of the situation.
It would be quite interesting if they were to reveal that Lacey set Keith up to make Gold jealous and bring out the dark side she’s always hearing about. Belle always dreamed of going on adventures, so she does seem to have a thrill seeking side to her personality. Perhaps Lacey takes that aspect to a dark place.
I’m probably the only one, but I’m actually kinda curious about Keith’s SB persona. Still drunk and being humiliated for pursuing women who love other men, so not too much has changed. 😆
Keith doesn’t seem to know that Lacey doesn’t remember her past. I went over the dialogue and scenes in the Consensual thread, and he really seems to think this is just a normal hookup. So while he was definitely trying to sleep with her. There’s nothing to suggest that he thought he had some kind of advantage instead of him just thinking she was making her own choice.
He’s a pig, but I don’t think at this point his he was a rapist pig. Back in the EF scenes I thought much worse of him.
