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I’m wondering if 3×12 is going to stand alone in the second half of S3 as a “what could’ve been” type episode. If it’s an AU episode after all, then it might not be an ongoing “what if” but rather just be limited to that episode. Then from 3×13 on out we get the what really happens story arc that build to the season finale.
[adrotate group="5"]"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
The fact that the Darling brothers tried to “adopt” Henry makes me wonder if they were after Henry’s heart before he even came of age. I’d been working under the assumption that Peter Pan was behind the Dark Curse because he wanted Henry to be the only boy who grew up in a town where no one ages, which led him to believing in the curse and in Emma as the savior, thereby making him into the truest believer. But now it seems like Peter Pan wanted baby Henry, which suggests that being born of light and dark magic is what makes Henry the truest believer, not his environment, as I’d assumed. So, Henry was born with the heart of the truest believer, which in turn, allowed him to so easily believe the dark curse was real and that Emma was destined to save everybody.
"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
I just hope that when we get back home, she doesn’t go all EQ again and it’s back to square one because she has made progress this season and I’d like to see that continue. But if going back to SB means her trying to kill the Charmings, be possessive over Henry, and seek power at all costs then it’ll be Cora all over again.
I think we all hope that Regina finds her redemption. I think the promo for 3×10 might just be playing up the “old rivalries” resurge thing for the sake of selling it. I don’t actually think Regina is going to go all bats$!t crazy on the Charmings again though she probably will do to Felix and Peter Pan if she gets the chance. Also, remember that spoiler about Regina possibly saying goodbye to Henry and hugging Emma in 3×11? Sounds like Regina is going on some mission, possibly to combat whatever crazy secondary curse that Peter Pan might’ve unleashed for the second half of S3. I think Regina is finally finding her redemption, and then we know Robin Hood is about to enter the picture again. So, I’m thinking things are finally looking up for Regina in terms of her getting a happy ending.
"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
“I did cast a Curse that devastated an entire population. I have tortured and murdered. I’ve done some terrible things. I should be overflowing with regret, but…I’m not. Because it got me my son.” She’s very “end justifies the means,” but her means were about as mean as you can get, and can she really admit to herself and accept how truly horrible many of her actions have been? I think if she could admit and accept that, then she would have some regret.
The way I read it is that she acknowledges the sins she’s committed but her heart is now full of love for Henry. She sees her errors, but she can’t do anything much now about it except fight to get back her son. He’s all she has. She can’t afford to wallow right now. She’s a mama bear on a mission. She told Tink that she finally got something right with Henry, which means she recognizes all of her other past actions were things she got wrong. Sure, she could retreat into deep depression over all the atrocities she’s committed and live with a huge sense of guilt, but that’s not going to get her son back. So, in this case, I was actually glad to see Regina’s tenacity and refusal to fall victim to PP’s mind-tricks. Not going to work on Regina. I think the best way forward for Regina would actually be just to move on. She’s already done her part for everybody else in SB by being willing to sacrifice her life to save the town. Sure, it was her own craziness in wanting Henry all for herself which drove her to retrieve the fail-safe in the first place, but at least she was willing to atone by sacrificing herself so that Henry wouldn’t have to be alone. And in this particular instance, I don’t think Regina regressed. I think she just did what needed to be done so that she, Emma and Snow survived to save Henry.
"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
Now what could be going on here?
I’m thinking that Felix will pretend to act remorseful, the Charmings will fall for it, but Regina will suspect him of hatching some plan.
"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
Hook’s not used to having a rival for the alpha male status. His typical experience is that even women who are married will fall for him without him having to even try. So he’s a bit out of his depth right now, and as an added bonus, his competition is Nealfire of all people. Hook doesn’t really know how to do subtle, so he came on strong, and he’s not letting it go.
He actually reminds me a bit of one of the girls we just had here on our Aussie version of The Bachelor. Ali fell for Tim in ep 1, tried to kiss him the first night, (it was completely awkward), would stare daggers if anyone else got private time with him, she was practically bunny boiler material. She made it to the final 3, and at the end of her home date visit, she looked him right in the eye and said she was utterly in love with him. Then each girl got to send him a video message and hers was all, “I love you, I’ve loved you for ages, OMG I’M SO IN LOVE WITH YOU, WE HAVE A TOTALLY MAGICAL CONNECTION.” She didn’t make it through the next rose ceremony, because Tim was quite obviously not at that same level with how he felt about her and was all, “WHOA, BACK UP!” To me, Emma’s total NON-reaction to the latest “As you wish,” is her version of Tim not giving Ali that final rose.
That is probably the single best comparison I’ve read yet about Hook! Yes, he is exactly like a contestant on “The Bachelor” in the sense that he comes across too strongly most of the time. Does he even have an off switch? He does when Emma rejects him. It makes me think of the women who are so “desperately in love” with the Bachelor and then turn into basket cases and cry “how could you do this to me?” and accuse the bachelor of personal betrayal for getting sent home. Yeah. Hook is the rejected bachelorette, only instead of crying about it, he nurses a personal vendetta or sulks like a petulant adolescent.
Remember how strongly Hook came onto Emma in 2×6 being overtly flirty to the extreme which sent up red-flags to Emma and made her leave him behind on the beanstalk. Remember Hook’s reaction? It was retaliation to the extreme, to leave Emma and her mom for dead in a magically-fortificed jail cell, to forever separate Emma from her son. He seems to have improved in S3 by helping Emma to impress her. Yet, in 3×7 when Emma puts him in his place by saying she’ll always choose Henry, what is his reaction? It’s to sulk! At least he didn’t try to get revenge on Emma this time. That shows some improvement I suppose, though his continuing to act stand-offish and his refusal to tell Emma later more about dreamshade was very immature, to say the least. Emma’s decision is proper and befitting of a concerned parent, which Neal completely resonates with as a concerned father, but Hook’s reaction is to act personally wounded. He sulks, he acts indignant, he shuts down communication with Emma, and he reverts to goading his so-called good friend, Neal, when all Neal did is try and help Emma save their son and help get everybody home. *Sigh*
"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
Where Snow is most selfish is in Ariel. She blurts out that Neal’s alive to Emma immediately after it was decided that Emma wouldn’t be told right away in order to not upset her. Granted Hook and Charming’s plan had flaws, and there was no way Emma wouldn’t find out, but Snow was selfish in her reasoning for why she told Emma. She believed Neal to be Emma’s true love (And there’s nothing saying he isn’t though there’s nothing saying he is) But Snow is trying to push her feelings and beliefs onto Emma. Snow would want to know if Charming was alive, therefore Emma must want to know that Neal is alive too.
I actually think Snow White was the only one who did the right thing in that instance. Snow wants Emma to hold onto hope. There is nothing selfish about a mother trying to give her daughter a reason to have faith that happy endings are possible. Snow didn’t say exactly what that happy ending would be, just that Emma owed it to Henry and to herself to find out if Neal were still alive. Snow recognizes that Emma was heartbroken after Emma confessed to her parents about still loving Neal and not getting a chance to find out what that meant. That’s not Snow projecting feelings onto her daughter; that’s Snow recognizing Emma’s feelings for Neal after Emma’s confessions that she was angry about never getting a chance to resolve things with Neal. That’s not selfish of Snow to tell Emma the truth that Neal is alive; if anything, it shows a mother’s concern over her heartbroken daughter. Also, Snow doesn’t want any secrets to come between her and her daughter. I don’t blame her for wanting it out in the open. Also, I think Charming and Hook should not have kept the news of Neal being alive “for her own good” because that is basically taking away Emma’s ability to make decisions for herself. Charming made the mistake of keeping the dreamshade poison a secret from Snow and Emma to “protect them” and it nearly cost him his life! Snow White had to find out later in the Echo Cave from her husband about his near-death experience after it was almost too late. Snow told Emma the truth about Neal being alive because she realizes Emma is an adult who deserves to be told the truth, not a child who needs to be kept in the dark “for her own good.”
"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
One word: Midas.
That’s an intriguing idea but is the actor who played Midas in S1 listed in the credits? Maybe Snow and Charming go in search of Midas only to discover he’s vanished.
"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
The official images for 3×10 are amazing and make my Nealfire/SF-fan heart sing! Neal is smiling and happy! He’s getting his second chance! Too bad Henry is actually PP, but still, it’s nice to think it’s a happy time (until PP reveals his true identity of course, but I’ll take even a glimmer of sunshine if I can see MRJ’s radiant smile!)
"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
