Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20160501123222/@comment-16953943-20160507212741

Oh this is a fun subject. I will start out by saying that EVERY ship on this show is screwed up, even my favorite ones. I'll focus on the 4 main ships of this show as the side ones aren't really important in the grand scheme of things. (And I apologize ahead of time for my spelling. Never been my strong suit.)

1. Killian and Emma...

By far my least favorite ship. The relationship is forced and frankly, unconvincing. I couldn't even fathom what they have in common. She grew up in the modern world, and he was trapped in time for over 200 years. What do they talk about in the quiet calm times?

Killian was great in Season 2. He had that bad boy, swave thing going on. (They even hinted at a prior "relationship" with Tinkerbell.) He was shown to be the kind of person that you couldn't really trust, but he could easily make you belive you could.

Emma was a guarded, but strong individual. She had confidence, even if she was a little broken. The real world had taught her how to handle herself, and how to survive, even when the odds were against her.

In the begining we are shown that  Emma found Killian attractive, but it came off as more of a forbidden fruit thing (like most bad boys tend to be portrayed as). We also see he's attracted to her, She's much different than the bar wenches he's used to, but it comes across that he sees her as more of a challenging conquest than a potential real girlfriend. He even seemed to enjoy the game of trying to win her over from Neal. He enjoyed that he's was a tempting prospect for her.

None of this comes across as two people who were made for each other.

Yet, we watch as these two characters quickly are re-written to be out of character. Killian is no longer the swave, morally grey, pirate we met. He's now a love sick lap dog, and Emma is now more weak and broken then ever.

Furthermore, her realationship with her family (whom she spent her whole life trying to find) has suffered in favor of fanservice. (And the blantently hostile fan base this ship makes me hate this ship even more than I would normally)

2. Snow and David

Oh man are these two ever boring as hell. I get that they are supposed to be the epitome of the truest love, but does that mean they have to basically be interactive decor?

Anyone else notice how David is basically Snow's puppet slave? No? Just me? Ok.

3. Rumple and Belle

Like others, I destest the back and forth nonsense with these two. She expects him to change, and he can't, so she gets mad. He shouldn't change for her. She knew who he was when she got with him. She got with the man that enslaved her, and did unspeakable things, that she herself saw while "living" with him, and somehow she thinks that he'll change for her? What planet does she live on? (Also, she's a perfect example of Stockholm Syndrome.)

I also don't like the age difference. They don't even look good together. He needs someone a bit older who looks more appropriate with him. Cora would have been interesting, and she wouldn't have expected him to change for her. She would have embraced his darkness.

Rumple is weak as hell in the fact that he didn't stand up to Belle in the first place. He really is a coward even as the Dark One.

(Now that he has finally stood up to her, this relationship has some potential to be much better than it's ever been. Time will tell.)

4. Regina and Robin

First off, I don't fully hate the fairy dust idea. What I hate about the enitre thing is that Regina saw the tattoo. That should have been reserved for the viewers. That way we can watch them fall in love naturally, knowing the whole time that they are soulmates, and it wouldn't have this forced feeling to it. As it is, you have to question if Regina really loves Robin because she truly does, or because she feels like she should because he has that tattoo that she was told her true love was supposed to have? (Other than that, I like these two. I generally like happy Regina.)