Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20170511234425/@comment-5899967-20170514222305

CoolDudeAl wrote: 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. Yeah, I know a hero ending a great battle by sacrificing themselves is a legit plot ending, and fits very much with a hero, but I still think it is too dark for a show that proclaimed it's all about fairy tales and hope. Like what is the end message? Emma had to die, like the fates planned, so everyone else could live? Just seems to contridict many of the past themes of the show

It's part of how the show will continue, they have to explain why Emma is gone, they have to explain why Henry (if it's him) becomes grumpy. This is why I think it will go the way I think it will go. The message? There's always hope they could be reunited with her one day, I'm a believer and so is Henry, what he said about Robin: "I think when a hero's story is over, there's a special place for them", you can call me religious, and yes that's what I am. Or maybe some part of Emma still exists, like in reincarnated into a bird or something, or through Henry's smile or everyone's memories of her.