Tag: CS parallels

captainswaan:

#so let’s talk about how similar these kisses are#aside from the way they are shot and positioned#it’s important to note that’s it’s a major step in their relationship#in one she finds out he traded his HOME for her#in the other she asks him to move into the HOME he picked out for them#i cannot even express what a big deal that is#for two characters who never really had a home to begin with#but found it literally and metaphorically in each other#that is everything

tough-lass:

6×01 / 4×04

Requested by @marajade4s

Yesterday I already “took a stand” in this all debate of “Emma vs Hook” thing (and learned once more that when the parents are fighting it’s not healthy for the kids…), and now I’m not gonna use this gifset for demonstrating why it’s not fair to judge Emma here because Hook did a similar thing there. But I am gonna focus on two different things that I thought about while preparing this parallel.

First of all is the situation that CS was at before these “rude interruptions”. In 4×04 they were finally starting a relationship. Hook’s dream has come true, she was finally officially his. And then this all thing with the hand started, and he was so scared because it was jeopardizing everything. He was at a risk of losing her again if he becomes once again that version of a man he worked so hard to push away.

In 6×01 they started at a similar point. Their “future” was finally here after everything they’ve been through. Emma’s dream has come true and they could actually start living their lives together. And then this all thing with the hand (and visions) started, and she was scared because it was jeopardizing everything. she wanted everything to stay as perfect as it was just a couple of hours earlier over at their place.

This is why they chose to deal with it alone I think, and because they both chose at these similar situations to deal with it alone the last two gifs are so meaningful in my opinion. 

When I prepared these last two gifs I suddenly thought about one of CS biggest repeated motives, hands. We all know how symbolic hands are for CS. The close up focus on them holding hands, the sad situation in 5×20, or 4×08. And now I think this symbol has come back, but in a different form. Here they are both losing control over their hand, they hold it trying to keep it steady, but they can’t. And I think what it symbolizes here is how unstable their hands are when they are left alone with a burden of a big secret. As much as their hands are steady when they are united together in an embrace, they are shaky and unpredictable when they are apart and keeping secrets from each other. 

The solution here would be similar to the solution on season 4. They could overcome the fears and the obstacles only when they will be joined hands on it together.