Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26509198-20150618164335/@comment-24674051-20150618202048

While I realize that romance is an important aspect of many fairy tales, I don't really think there should be as much as there is on OUaT.

Snowing is the epitomal fairy tale couple (both on and off screen apparantly).

As much as I like Beauty and the Beast, I think that Belle and Rumple (at least to this point) is a poor match. Belle is such a doormat, and a victim. She needs to be written stronger. And Rumple is, well, Rumple. a coward, addicted to power (though that may have been related to his connection to the Dark One), lying, deceitful, coniving, abusive, etc. I'm still open for Rumpbelle, if only because of Beauty and the Beast, and the S4 Finale may have been the beginning of the Beasts transformation back into a man. The Jury is out.

Captain Swan. I am a big fan of Colin and his work, and Jennifer as well. But they way Captain Swan has been developed feels really rushed and forced.

SwanFire - I think this had a slight chance right after they rescued Neal from Echo Cave, but it really never was anything more than a young teenage romantic fling.

Emma & the Huntsman - very short (really only about 4 episodes max). And again felt somewhat rushed.

OutlawQueen - if Captain Swan is rushed and forced, OutlawQueen is like the Flash combined with the Hulk. It has been contrived since S3x3, no real growth shown, just shoved together. I think i would like it better if they had let it simmer for a bit, and not forced all the Soap Opera crap into it.

Alice & Cyrus - You can tell they are meant for each other, but you don't see a lot of the growth on screen. Instead, you have a storyline that has them spending a lot of time together in the past prior to the events of "Present Day" Wonderland.

Red Knave (or whatever you want to call Will and Ana) - That relationship was explored in more detail during the show. (They explored that relationship better in one 13 episode arc than they have done with Captain Swan or Outlaw Queen in 2 full seasons).

There are many other more minor pairings, but I think this covers the major ones. And of them, the only one that I really like is Snowing. The others need time to either simmer, or they need to just quietly fall to the side.