Tag: 6×13 Ill-boding Patterns

I’ve noticed you haven’t talked much about this episode, did you like it? Do you think the proposal was well handled? And more importantly, where do you think they’re going with this (besides the cheap drama of course)?

lizacstuff:

I haven’t talked much about the episode because last night I got home, exhausted, from traveling an hour before the episode started, I have bronchitis and I had a busy day at work today.  So honestly, I haven’t had the time or energy to talk about the episode.

As far as whether I liked the episode… no. I thought it was a snoozefest. As I said prior to the ep I had zero interest in Beowulf and the episode proved that was a good instinct.  I just couldn’t care less about Rumple/Bae backstory. 

When the only thing keeping me awake during the middle 50 minutes of the episode are a few Regina, Zelena, FauxRobin scenes you know it’s bad.  No Snow and Charming?  Good grief, writers, what are you thinking?

As far as the proposal, uhhhhhhhhhhh, I have mixed emotions. I LOVED how happy and excited and open Emma was, that was amazing.  And like Killian, when the moment came, and she backed  him into a corner, I didn’t want him to break her heart anymore than he wanted to break her heart by telling her the truth. I cringe at the thought of her feeling any sort of rejection when she was being so open with him, so I totally sympathized with his position. I get why he did what he did. 

However, I just don’t love that the writers decided to go this route. It feels unnecessary and like… piling on.   I thought last week was rock bottom, but apparently that was just the beginning for A&E. They got their steel tipped shovels out and asked how much further can they dig.   But mostly I’m disappointed in them that they would taint such a milestone in this way.   They’ve always been so careful with CS, always been so mindful of their pure sweetness and the epic nature of the story.  In my mind, this development doesn’t fit with that. 

As for what’s next… I have no idea.  I HATE the idea of Emma finding out from someone else, but so far with what we know it seems like that’s what happens. (because A&E have their shovels out and they just keep digging) Eventually, I do think there will be another proposal, and I hope that it is romantic and epic and everything this couple deserves. 

CS/Swan Believer FF

sambethe:

A/N: Because I have a lot of feelings. And Emma Swan is sometimes my spirit animal.

Summary: Emma finds a secret tucked up inside a chest and Henry stumbles in on her trying to decide what to do.

Words: 1000 | Rating: G (fluff and swan believer snarkiness ahead). Contains spoilers for 6×13, so proceed accordingly. | ao3 link to come

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It’s shiny.

She laughs and though she’s still sitting cross-legged in
the center of their bed, she starts bouncing on the back of her heels.

It’s really, really shiny.

Emma spins it so it catches the light from the ceiling
fixture and throws tiny flecks of light on the walls around her. She angles it
again and watches the light scatter and bounce as she does. She can feel a
giggle slid up the back of her throat and quirk at the corner of her mouth but
does her best to tamp it down.

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