I think the fact that the fandom likes to believe Killian would stay ignorant to the modern world devices is one that always gets me, or that he would be and “adorable idiot” when it comes to things. I mean, the man lived 300 hundred years, adapted to becoming an orphan, a slave, a naval lieutenant, a pirate captain, an amputee, then a hero. He’s smarter than most people in Storybrooke, so I think he would learn how to use modern devices rather quickly.
But he chooses to go the old fashioned route because he finds them “better.” He’d rather walk to Granny’s then drive, he’d rather sit on the porch with a book on a rainy night instead of watching a movie, he’d rather leave little notes for Emma around the house then send her a text message, and he’d rather make up stories and have Hope use her imagination then have her play with the electrical toys.
And the overall plot one, Season 4. I fucking loved Season 4 (the only exception being the plot with Lily) and I thought it was amazing. It’s one of my favorite seasons and I’ll defend it til the day I die.
He learnt ancient Greek. Ancient. Greek. Now, here you have a high school formation that makes you study Greek during 5 years. At the end you have a big ass maturity exam in which, most of the times, you have to translate (I don’t remember if from Italian to Greek to the other way around) a piece of literature. Now, one of my friends went to that kind of school and loved Greek, but at her exam people asked her to pass them her translation – and she gave them one wrong because aehm, she kind of reasonably hated them. Anyhow, my point is: Killian has probably had less than 5 years to learn ancient Greek and 300 years later he still can translate it in the blink of an eye, he can very well learn how to work a microwave or something. Also, didn’t we all have to learn and still struggle? Don’t you need to help your family when they ask you how something works?
ALSO! There’s a huge plothole many don’t look at: Storybrooke has, technically, lived T the same day for 28 years, everyone did the same things everyday besides Henry – that’s my take on it. If they have been stuck in time in 1983, EVERYTHING that has happened between ‘83 and 2011 never reached them, no new technology (see the computers at the station), and also no pop culture. When Henry tells Killian about sequels and he’s confused, Charming should be, too, because a) the man’s been in a coma the whole time and b) when he woke up, when exactly did he have the time to watch 28 years worthy of movies? Henry might have during the missing year, but David, well, enchanted forest doesn’t have a good signal, I gather.
I did a few different versions of this – without tattoos, with chains/cuffs, with a corner of the blanket instead of pants… I still need to figure out how best (or whether) to share them all, but enjoy this for now!
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Sometimes I honestly wonder if he was with anyone after Milah. He loved her so much and I wonder if he ever paid off the bar wenches back then the way he did in the missing year.
I actually have a head canon about this. I do think he was with women (it was hundreds of years and he’s a man LOL) but I don’t think he kissed anyone. I could see him seeing that as being too intimate and he wouldn’t want to do that because of Milah. Which could also explain why he’s so fuckstruck after kissing Emma. 🙂
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