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Or the Wicked Witch of the West

I also think the title refers to the Wicked Witch. The latest TV Guide spoiler is that we’re going to find out how the WWW turned green

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Until Hook acknowledges that he has done some terrible things, and apologised and made amends for them, he can’t describe himself as an honourable man.

Maybe that is the point; it’s ironic that Hook really considers himself still to be a man of honor when he hasn’t seen his own true colors. He’s still a pirate (as confirmed by Tinkerbell in 3×11 when she said, “And you’re still a pirate.”). I think Hook has started on a redemptive path by helping Emma and her family, but I question his motives as selfish. I think that A&E are good at writing characters who make morally ambiguous decisions and who struggle with how they see themselves: Rumple considered himself a coward and a monster, Regina considered herself the wronged queen, and Hook tells himself he is a buccaneer with a code. So far, we’ve seen Rumple confront his fears and sacrifice himself to save his loved ones, and we’ve has Regina sacrifice her idea of a happy ending with Henry to give him a happy life with Emma. These are things that Rumple and Regina did for the sake of people other than themselves, without ever expecting to see their sons ever again. Hook hasn’t even hinted at really being willing to sacrifice his own self-interest for the sake of this guy, Neal, who is supposedly like a son to him. So far, Hook is intentionally trying to thwart the progress of Neal’s happy ending with Emma. Hook vying for the same woman as his would-be step son comes off as just as bizarre and wrong as if Rumple were vying with his own son for Emma. Can you imagine how repugnant it’d be for a woman to have a father and son both expressing romantic notions? Emma doesn’t even know the true connection between Hook and Neal! AWKWARD!

"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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This may be one of the cutest Rumbelle drawings ever:

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"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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Yep! I can’t even begin to describe how much a true man of honor Neal has become. He’s made plenty of mistakes (though self-sacrifically), but at least Neal owns up to his mistakes, doesn’t burry them under the sand, and apologizes for them! He’s not self-deluded into thinking Emma owes him anything; he’s simply trying to make things right by being a comforting protector for Henry and by extension, Emma. He’s doing his upmost to be there, but still letting Emma come to him. He’s not making demands of her.

Also, I want to say how much empathy I have for whoever wrote this confession. Shame on people like Hook who really bully and mock people who have disabilities in real life. What’s just as wrong is to try to justify the notion that bullying and jeering at someone is somehow acceptable. Hook is self-deluded if he really thinks he’s man of honor.  People of real integrity don’t pretend like they never make mistakes, don’t refuse to apologize for wrong doing or hypocritically point out other people’s shortcomings when guilty of the same offense, only worse. I’m not saying people can’t really change, but the first path to redemption is to start by confessing one’s sins. Just look at Rumple and Regina who both self-identify as villain. Yes, they’ve antagonized innocent people, but at least they admit it! By contrast, Hook doesn’t even acknowledge his errors!

"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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I love the way that Rumple has been written in terms of the depth of his character development; the role was certainly written for an actor with gravitas, who is Robert Carlyle! It’ll certainly be interesting what the writers have in store for his character next. Are those church bells I hear ringing for a Rumbelle wedding? 🙂
 

 

 

 

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"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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@Phee I completely agree! Emma should not even be thinking about marriage right not to anyone (unless she’s currently engaged to Chris Gorham’s character while she’s cursed). Other than the reason that she’s cursed, I think Emma has too much emotional baggage still to work through. Same goes for Regina, which is why I can’t see her and RH walking down the isle yet by end of S3 (they haven’t even met yet!). I think if Cursed Emma does consider marriage, it would be to a new guy, one who doesn’t come with as much baggage as Hook or Neal (there I said it). However, when Emma gets her real memories back, she is still going to have to embark on a new quest to save her parents and possibly Neal. I think there is a lot that Emma and Neal would have to talk through, too (they never got to have that chat over lunch yet). That doesn’t mean Emma and Neal can’t or won’t work through their issues (I think they eventually will), I just think it’ll take a long time. I could potentially see Emma getting married by the end of S4 at the earliest, since she already knows Neal in a very deep way, trusts him as the loving father of her child, and has an enduring and lasting love for him.

"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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Such lovely SF GIF sets and fan videos! I especially love the video at the top of this page. The song is perfect and the editing so well done.

I just read the recent TV Guide spoilers, and I’ve gotta say how annoyed I am by the blatant media bias for CS. Aren’t official spoilers meant to give hints about actual plot developments, not just pedal speculation for the sake of creating hype? Seriously? There is going to be a wedding by the end of S4 (most likely Rumbelle) and we have to put up with Emma and Hook wedding speculation? Seriously, are we even watching the same show? Hook and Emma aren’t even a couple right now! *sigh* Okay, end of rant. 🙂

On an upbeat SF note:

I really agree with this “OUAT confession” because the S2 episodes which packed the most punch for me, emotionally, all included Baelfire and/or Emma. “Tallahassee,” “Manhattan,” “The Miller’s Daughter,” “Second Star to the Right” and “And Straight on ‘Til Morning” were the best episodes of the second season.

"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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Apologies if this has already been said, but I haven’t read through all 32 pages here. I think the scroll that Emma looks at in the promo for 3×12 is the same scroll that Regina supposedly destroyed in 3×11, which is why Emma says, “That’s not possible.” The scroll which Regina thought she destroyed was the one on which the dark curse was written. I think somehow the WWW uses magic to salvage the scroll and then unleashes the dark curse again (for a 3rd time), which is how Belle, Regina, Granny, Archie and everyone else ends up back in SB. That would also best explain how Jennifer Morrison and Lana Parrilla were filming scenes in SB for 3×13.

"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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As of right now he seems more important to Cursed!Emma than Real!Emma. Which is why I sorta think he might be a one time 312 character. But hey…I could be 10000% wrong too

I’m thinking that Christopher Gorham’s character is someone from real Emma’s past (e.g. her foster brother). He could  also be someone from her present, despite her being cursed. Perhaps they grew up together, but haven’t seen each other in 15 odd years. They then run into each other again while Emma is cursed, but Chris’ character either doesn’t know about Emma’s fairytale identity or chooses not to disclose it to her, because it would cause a very odd reaction in her, just like the time August tried to convince Emma he was a wooden man named Pinocchio. Emma, cursed not to remember her real identity, just would not believe she were the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming without the Blue Fairy’s potion.

"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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I think he gotta have some sort of significance, just because he’s a known actor who they’ve worked with before and they hand picked him for this role. They wouldn’t do that if he was a one shot bit part that didn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things.

I agree with Phee on this one. The one spoiler about Chris Gorham’s character that we know for sure is that he is “someone very important in the life of Emma Swan.” That to me sounds like either a love interest, a best friend or foster brother. He’s also potentially a recurring guest star, which is how August, Neal and Hook all started out. We may meet him for the first time in 3×12 but see a lot more of him later on after 3×16.

I mentioned in another thread about how maybe that pic that Keck tweeted of Princess Diana was a hint that Gorham’s character will be Emma’s fiancee. The more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve thought it might be plausible that he’s at least her boyfriend, even if not her fiancee. Hook and Emma shot stuff in a restaurant, which looks like the bit in the promo where he’s saying “Your parents are in danger,” but he’s saying it more calmly, doesn’t sound all desperate to convince her. Gorham was shooting stuff at the restaurant location too, wasn’t he, both inside and outside? So maybe Emma’s remembered earlier that day, (outside the cop station), and knows she has to go back to SB, so she’s meeting him one last time for dinner, (and Hook’s there talking to her before he shows up), to break up with him, hence the goodbye forehead kiss. Perhaps? I know that the one thing everyone can agree on is that Emma doesn’t need another love interest in the mix. Maybe if we just see the end of the relationship though, it wouldn’t be as bad?

I’m one of the few SF fans who seems to think it wouldn’t be so bad; it’d actually be somewhat amusing and interesting! I’m thinking Christopher Gorham’s character could be Emma Swan’s serious, long-term boyfriend from the past year of her life. It would be very interesting. It would somewhat parallel Neal’s relationship with Tamara. Also, it would leave us wondering just who is the best pick for Emma Swan.

I’m not really on board with him being the Wizard for a similar reason I’m not on board with Rumple being the Wizard – if they stick with the traditional story, then the Wizard left Oz right before Dorothy did, and if the moving on of the slippers that Jefferson referred to was Dorothy, then the Wizard left Oz many years pre-Curse. If the Wizard came back to our world at that time, he’d be older by now. Only way he wouldn’t be is if he’d ended up in another world that had time frozen by the Curse.

If time were frozen in Oz for the past 28 years, then the Wizard wouldn’t have aged. He could have been a young man when he met Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Lion, and the Scarecrow. If so, then Chris Gorham’s character could have remained youthful in appearance and could still be someone very important in the life of Emma Swan.

"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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