#no swanfire

[heatherfield]

@giftober 2024 | Day 8: home

Crappy home life? I get that. No, but it wasn't always. That's the problem. It was... it was really great once.

Once Upon a Time, 3.22 “There's No Place Like Home”

[knight--error]

Ah man, on Season 3 of OUAT rewatch, and the best word for poor Neal really is just... unceremonious. Youch. I'm not a big Swanfire person but offing him like that is so lazy and cuts out so much good drama and other relationships. Neal and Henry! Neal and Rumple! Neal and Hook! Even Neal and Belle! I also love his energy. He is just a fairly average dude, no magic, no incredible skills, just his wit and his determination, and yet he consistently keeps up with our main cast.

Also, they put background actors who I think are supposed to be the Lost Boys at his funeral; imagine how cool it would have been if he took them in and became a group foster dad! That just feels like it would have been a lovely move forward for his arc.

Bah. The cracks in the writing deepen.

[swanfireprincessmydear]

I don’t know why I have never thought of this before. I don’t know HOW it never crossed my mind but another reason why Emma and Neal work so well together within the narrative of the show is because they’re both ORIGINAL characters to the show. They’re not retellings of characters we already know, they’re new, original characters that only exist within the show. They both fit in the same place.

No one else besides Henry (and a few minor characters) fit this category.

[elphabasthropp]

i wanted to go to jail for you. neal... it kills me that i let august talk me into letting you go. i don't wanna hear it... okay, but i have to say it.

[mysteryandnonstopfun]

— but I guess I was never much of a writer (insp)

[dinneratgrannys]

Think of it as a long-distance call from an old friend.

[rumbelle-scream]

BAELFIRE DESERVED BETTER

You should've seen him. He overcame worlds.

[once28]

It’ll always be such a shame that Neal died. Like there’s the obvious reasons; death sad, no endgame yk

But also Emma and Neal were such a funny ship when they wanted to be like “Oh no I taught her that” will never fail to make me laugh. Also the exacerbated sigh Neal lets out in that moment, he’s like “omg god wtf is she up to 🙄.” Then with Henry being a mini them in training is just the cherry on top. They truly deserved to be one of those couples with endless “…being chaotic for 5 five minutes straight” compilations on YT

And the humor out of the co-parenting relationship with Regina we were robbed of would’ve been epic too, you can’t tell me Regina and Neal wouldn’t have the best sibling-like banter. I can just see her try to be intimidating and he’d have these snarky remarks like my father was the dark one you don’t scare me 😑

It’s just a shame that so much of his/their story is overshadowed by the sad stuff

[thedarknessoftheendlessmaze]

Ten years later, and I’m still upset that they killed Neal in ouat

[atone-with-a-lone-prayer]

Neal explaining his family tree (probably):

Yeah well there’s my evil grandfather, Peter Pan… also my evil grandmother, the black fairy… then there’s my dad, the Dark One… oh yeah, my brother, the savior slayer…

…Belle’s okay, though. (Shrug)

[heatherfield]

@giftober 2023 | Day 20: joy

Wow, good haul! Thanks!

Swanfire in Once Upon a Time, 2.06 "Tallahassee"

[swanfireprincessmydear]

"I love you; I probably always will."

[elphabasthropp]

please dont forget about me just yet

[mysteryandnonstopfun]

The daughter of the light and the son of the darkness are in love. Isn’t it like a fairy tale? (inspo)

[mariaalrox-blog]

There are people who keep saying that Neal was selfish for leaving Emma. I think Neal would have been selfish if he had stayed with Emma. Neal could have thought only of himself, of his happiness with Emma, and run away with her far away, far from magic, far from his father. Instead, Neal chose to sacrifice himself, sacrifice their happiness and leave Emma so she could fulfill her destiny and save a lot of people from being cursed, but more importantly, reunite with her family. He knew how much that meant to her and didn't want to stand in the way, so he let her go, even though that meant his father would find him later.

Neal didn't even know that the police would show up or that she would end up in jail. It was August who called the police.