Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20170511234425/@comment-1916997-20170514221850

Chameleon-Guy wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Chameleon-Guy wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Chameleon-Guy wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Chameleon-Guy wrote: Emillian Swanones wrote: ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Can someone explain to me, why a bittersweet ending is a bad idea? The entire fandom adored 3.11 for that very reason. I loved 3x11 because it was a good episode, not because it was bittersweet. For me, a bittersweet episode is a terrible way to end the show because it goes against everything this show is about: hope and happy endings. If EVERYONE gets a happy ending it's not a good story. Why? Why does someone have to be unhappy to be a good story? Becuase variety? And not being a predictable ending mostly... This show is centered around fairy tales. If any show should have a predictable cliche happy ending, it should be this show. The writers said "this is a show about hope, but if everything goes so well, why do they need hope?". It doesn't have to be a clichè show with a clichè ending. It doesn't have to be, no, but I don't think that means we need a bittersweet ending, where someone is screwed over, either. That's just how you interpret it, your point of view, but Emma sacrificing herself to give everyone a happy ending is a very honorable end to her character journey. It's not being screwed over. They have to split Emma from Henry and Hook anyway, so why not do it in the best way possible? And least forced way...

Just saw you added a second part to the post. I think Emma staying in SB or EF or where-ever they end up putting Snow and Charming and Neal, and Hook going off to help others is a good way to seperate them, and still allows for a reunion at the end of the series. And it plays into your sacrifice thing as well. Hook and Emma go do different things, because it is helping others that is most important to them, not that they get to sleep together.