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It isn’t the end of Storybrooke yet because a ‘Once Upon a Time’ reboot is in the making, and this hot actor will be a part of it!
Huh...
This article is recent, and it claims "Epic" is actually an OUAT reboot - and that Colin could possibly return.
I have no idea if this is a reliable source, but it's interesting when you consider Colin implying that he'd play Hook again...
okay but where are all of the scenes about adult drizellas feelings about cecilia???
like the day of her birthday where she apparently feels more of a maternal bond with ceclia than with rapunzel, thats when rapunzel poisoned cecilias heart. based on how close they appeared, youd hink shed be upset about her disappearance/death?
when drizella tries to poison henrys heart in pretty in blue, she monologues about knowing about the poison and that it comes from wonderland - did she coincidentally happen upon this information, or did she find out about cecilia (before ella did, whod presumed until pretty in blue that she abandoned them).
she if she did know, or at least found out from ella after ella found out - where is the line about how rapunzel took cecilia away from her and either her feelings that (a) they both would have been enough why did it have to be one or the other / i was a child (b) rapunzel made drizella think cecilia abandoned her the way shed thought rapunzel did (c) the way rapunzel felt about losing ana and being stuck with drizella is trhe way drizella felt about losing cecilia and being stuck with rapunzel (d) they were all happier before rapunzel came back - they werent starving, she had two sisters she loved, a mother she loved, and a father she loved and rapunzel coming back took that all away
the narrative relied too much on drizella being jealous of ana, and abused by rapunzel because of ana's death without touching upon all the other things that would motivate her to turn to turn to seek revenge on her mother
The more you justify what you're doing, the more you push them away. And take it from me... you will always lose the ones you love the most. - Mr. Gold
Let’s be real here, fellow shippers, this episode still haunts me. It was all about Emma, Regina and Henry. They were basically screaming at us that Regina and Henry were the ones Emma loved the most and she was about to lose them.... NO SHIT, SHERLOCK!
And then... oh wait... SHE FUCKING DID. Everything since then has made her lose them more and more. And now they’re completely apart. It just happened slowly.
And by everything I mean everything she did specifically for fuckboy Hook. And it all started when she became the Dark Swan. First it was turning him into a Dark One and then hiding that little fact. They were a little annoyed with her, but they were okay and helped her.
Next BLOODY STUPID thing she did for Hook was going to the Underworld. Of course, Regina and Henry loved her so much, THAT THEY FOLLOWED HER TO SUPPORT HER!
Regina lost Robin as a direct result of it (not a great loss, if you want my opinion) ...
...and they have an argument after it. BUT NOT EVEN ABOUT GODDAMN FOREST BOY, no no! It’s about Emma not wanting Regina to come. I mean, come on... Emma was being ungrateful and unfair and it created a bit more distance between them.
TWO MINUTES LATER
Seriously. Next they’re in NYC on a family adventure together (you know, it’s not like either of them can resist the high of fighting alongside the other.... lovebirds...).
The next extra fucking stupid Hook-related thing she does... is marrying him. (I mean, I believe in OperationOUT and I still have faith for SQ happening.... BUT I MEAN, I STILL WANTED TO PUNCH A HOLE THROUGH THE SCREEN AT THAT DUMB WEDDING!)
And even then she didn’t lose them. Regina was still supportive. We saw glimpses of both Henry and Regina disliking Hook, but they both tried for Emma. If that’s not selfless true love, then I don’t know what is.
So Emma always thought she was gonna lose them because they would start hating her. That it was only a matter of time. The irony is she lost them BECAUSE THEY LOVE HER. They support her while she does the stupidest shit and they support her because they want her to be happy and they think Hook must make her happy. They love her but they apparently aren’t the brightest ones.... She thought he was the safe bet that wasn’t gonna leave her and that would make her parents happy. Turned out the people she loved the most never let her down. They stuck with her.
She lost them because she married him. Look at the way they framed her supposed last scene. Two Hooks stand guard with Swan-Mills family in the middle and Hook pulls her away from Henry. He actively intervenes. And wish!Hook is pretty much watching Regina... They look like soldiers separating a family, dragging one of them off to war or something....
The more you justify what you're doing, the more you push them away. And take it from me... you will always lose the ones you love the most. - Mr. Gold
So that moment in 7x02 is when Mr. Gold’s words finally come to pass. That is when she really loses the ones she loves. She’s pushed them away by denying her real feelings, by not trusting them to still love her. And now she has to play out this farce... and loses them.
It doesn’t make a lick of sense that she is rewarded by doing exactly the same thing as when she was the dark one over and over again. Choosing Hook over everyone, justifying his behavior.
Look at how they portrayed Emma the season before she went dark.
She promised Regina a happy ending. Excuse me Avril, but this is “She was a woman, she was a woman, could I make it any more obvious?” And they’re standing there with their son. And look at Regina’s dazzling smile! It’s Emma that makes her happy!
Next, Emma gets Regina lunch and root beer. She’s working hard to try and cheer her up. Because, who doesn’t love that dazzling smile on Regina’s face?! Emma fucking lives for it!
They were just blatantly flirting. I mean, they completely forgot about Belle there, it’s just the two of them in their love bubble. And these looks are so not straight BFF looks. Come on. Don’t be stupid.
They keep trying to outdo each other. “Imma die for you, dear. No, Imma die for you, babe! Shut up, Imma die for your first! Ugh...” Really, they are Snowing levels of True Love annoying. AND I LOVE IT!
Is that not love and adoration? And care? I mean, that look alone must have made Emma feel all warm and cozy inside!! Isn’t that the face of Home?!
Emma is also completely frantic about Regina possibly being in danger. She spends the episode running around asking for where she is and trying to be sure her wifey doesn’t have a single scratch.
Over and over and over again.
Especially after she realizes Maleficent is an ex. An ex and a dragon. Emma knows when to worry. NO ONE AIN’T GONNA STEAL HER WOMAN!
More looking out for Regina and puppy eyes cause she actually wants to go with her, but you know, Emma is an idiot and won’t tell her so. So she pines. That’s all they ever fucking do, they pine. They should just grow some balls and True Love Smooch.
Emma getting weird when asked about Lily.
Listening to Regina when she’s in a destructive state.
And then finally sacrificing herself for Regina. (The town, I know, I know.)
This was all in a half season.And in 5A, it went from 100 to 0. That tells me it was totally intentional and her marrying Hook was still a result of the darkness (I mean, the episode was filled with dark foreshadowing, with both Emma’s dress and Hook’s suit going from white to black and with Emma seeing Hook before the wedding when it was explicitly stated it was bad luck).
It makes sense to have the absolute lowest point now. The dark night of the soul. The darkness before the dawn... right before the end of the show. So that’s all Emma’s absence was. Making us lose all hope.
BUT THEY FUCKING FAILED... MWHAHAHHA!
Seriously, I’m excited about the finale, because what else could they fucking do?! It’s the only logical conclusion to what they’ve set up! That happy ending aren’t always what we - read: the heteronormative society - think they will be. That the Savior needs to taste a forbidden fruit. That potent magic and love are connected. That Emma’s gonna give Regina her happy ending. That Hook is really not a great match for Emma. That they didn’t share a TLK with Hook/Hood because they were always in love with each other. That Henry came to get Emma to bring her home.
You know, all the stuff that was obvious to anyone with half a brain who isn’t a bigot.
And if darkness was the reason why Emma lost Regina and Henry, then maybe we should look at Rumple’s story for clues. When he finally made the right choice, he got the chance to start over with Belle and a younger Gideon.
So who else suddenly has a grown-up son? Who else still has darkness in her? Who else needs to make the right choice?
So I doubt they’ll get baby Henry back.
...but maybe we’re getting late teens Henry back? Maybe the only way to save current Henry is to go back in time?
And maybe we’ll get a third version of this scene from the Pilot and the Dark Swan arc, but this time it’s Emma arriving. And Henry opening the curtains and seeing her. And Regina opening the front door.
...and welcoming Emma home.
WE’RE ON THE LAST STRETCH TILL THE END AND FINDING OUT! MAY SWAN QUEEN PREVAIL! LOVE YOU ALL! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!
Regina's happy ending takes place "in the same location as the opening of the pilot" (referring to the "Sorry I'm late" scene). I'm not sure how that would fit in with OO since Emma's supposed to be separating herself and Regina/Henry from the fairytale world. I'll honestly HATE if it ends with a coronation ceremony and them simply being at peace with each other as that would be the biggest anti-climax ever considering that they've been a family and on good terms for a long time already. 😕
It doesn’t have to mean the “Sorry I’m late.” scene, does it? Or did I miss something?
It’s funny, I actually wrote at some point that my dream ending was this…
This location, but with Regina, Emma and Henry riding horses together in the opposite direction.
Henry wanted adventure, to fit into the fairy tale world… so riding a horse is pretty knightly. Magic in our world.
Emma wanted to find home, to find a family. These people are her family, so being with them would be her happy ending. She’s also not a person who likes to sit still, so this feels like she doesn’t have to compromise…
Regina wanted freedom, she tried to get away on Rocinante, but her mother brought her back… I just love the image of Regina riding out. Free, but surrounded with people who love her.
So if it’s the very first location, this would be great… Especially because nature, a forest… it could be our world or the Enchanted Forest, it makes sense to end it there and leave it ambiguous.
It could also mean the scene of Snow & Charming’s true love’s kiss. She didn’t say Regina/EQ was in the scene. This is still part of the opening scene… except for this time Regina and Emma are sharing a True Love’s kiss.
If it’s the Evil Queen’s opening scene - that location could indeed match the spoilers. We don’t know everything that happens there, though. It doesn’t mean that the location where we get a sense of what her happy ending is, that it’s the last place in which we see her. It could be the beginning of the happy ending.
There is a third option because…
...the Evil Queen and Regina split.
We have gotten a hint of the Evil Queen’s happy ending with Robin Hood. It doesn’t seem likely they’ll give them both the same happy ending.
If she is talking about Regina’s opening scene in the Pilot, then it’s…
…this scene. An interesting choice isn’t it?
In two weeks we’ll know.
Regina Will Never Have A Happily Ever After Romantic Love And The Reason Why Was Spelled Out All The Way Back In Season One.
Hear me out. Apart from the love she has for Henry, Lucy, Zelena and even the Charmings, There is a very specific reason that any kind of romantic attempts at love don’t work for her. From Graham(we aren’t going into that disgusting mess here), to zombie Daniel, to Robin and Wish Robin, to Facillier, there is a reason why all her attempts at love fail and usually end in death.
The Curse. Remember in season one when she had to fight Maleficent to get it back and Maleficent begged her not to cast it? What did she say the consequences were? That it would leave “a hole inside you. A void you will never be able to fill. All magic comes with a price!”.
The casting of the dark curse, the worst and blackest of all black magic, leaves voids for everyone who has cast it. Snow cast it to get back to Emma to save family, and now the family is never completely whole and never really at peace as they are always fighting still and Henry left them to start family elsewhere. Dark!Hook/Nimue cast it to resurrect all Dark Ones and he/they died! It was only the intervention of God (Zeus, but the symbolism was obvious and there) to allow him another chance. So if we consider that the intention behind the magic as always being relevant to the price paid (and it is, pay attention) it makes sense that as Regina cast the curse specifically to separate people from the ones they love forever, because she was seaparated from the one she loved forever. Regina’s price for the darkness she cast is just what Maleficent said it would be, there is now a void of romantic love in her life that she cannot and will not be able to fill no matter how much she tries.
I don’t want to hear crap about not needing a man or woman or romantic attachment to live happily ever after. I know that! But for the purposes of this show and Regina’s character, we have seen that it is something that she does actually want for herself. This is not to bash Regina or her journey or growth. It is a simple observation of the number one rule in OUAT that has been said from the beginning. All Magic Has A Price. The bigger the magic the bigger the cost and while they did at times fumble with the plot and obvious timeline issues, this is a central theme that they largely stayed true to.
So Colin talked about Hook’s ‘happy ending’ being tied to Rumple in the series finale (99% positive he is meaning Wish Hook here, of course). Which is appropriate. That is where his journey started on the show, it’s where it should end.
But now there’s two Rumple’s in play - one that clearly is still 100% villain, who Hook didn’t make amends with...
Do we think Hook is gonna kill Wish!Rumple? Or at the very least play a part in his demise? Thus finally bringing this back and forth, tit for tat, cat and cat (because it’s so not a cat and mouse scenario here - they are definitely two cats going at it), story to its conclusion? Because this has been building since Season 2 and it’s always given off the impression (at least, to me) that it was gonna end flipped on its head just like every other aspect of Peter Pan narrative on the show - in this scenario, Captain Hook is gonna defeat the Crocodile.
I know these two moments were between OG Hook and Rumple, but I do think they’re relevant to the narrative even when it’s Wish Hook and Wish Rumple. They have foreshadowed a final crescendo between these two for seasons now...
It still hasn’t happened (and I think the ‘friends’ moment between Wish Hook and OG Rumple was them being able to play it out both ways before the show is over. Best of both worlds scenario, if you will).
So have they now set it up to finally happen?
Am I the only one seeing things here? Thank you @saraswans , I didn’t notice at first
The photos were taken by Bex and Tiera on the last day of filming
If you’re a CSer who loved S6/7 CS and can’t handle folks who didn’t love it and/or people having differing opinions, please scroll by this post.
Now. I woke up this morning doing some thinking on S6/7 Emma and the issues some of us have with her and with CS in those seasons. And me being me, I like to come up with in-universe theories to explain away writing/filming mistakes and goofs and things I just plain don’t like. I was looking at events at the end of S5 (Jekyll/Hyde/serums) for answers, but then I saw a GIF post from 5A’s Dark Swan arc and realized I needed to look further back for a theory...
