#cs: 3x02

[tim-lucy]

canon chenford project ❀ ↳ [8/8] rarely giffed moments

[lumadreamland]

[naiariddle]

3x02:

I like how Emma challenge Killian  (because who had wanted in the past) but he never steps back from a challenge.

[edgeofrealms]

And just who are you, Swan?

Wouldn't you like to know.

Perhaps I would.

[odonowest]

one year of captain swan: 289/365

[swanhook]

[onceland]

[servants-hall]

Masterpiece Studio Round Up: All Creatures Great & Small S3

Here are the All Creatures Great & Small podcast interviews conducted by Jace Lacob for season 3. The Masterpiece/PBS site also includes a transcript if you’d rather read/skim the interviews. Name of the interviewee is in bold; the show’s episode number that the podcast’s release corresponds with is also listed.

3x01 - A Joyous Season Opening For Nicholas Ralph [Masterpiece Site | YouTube]

3x02 - There’s No Creature Too Small For Jill Clark To Handle [Masterpiece Site | YouTube]

3x05 - Anna Madeley Relishes Showing More Of Audrey Hall [Masterpiece Site | YouTube]

3x07 [CS] - Rachel Shenton And Nicholas Ralph Look Ahead To War In The Dales [Masterpiece Site | YouTube]

[piracytheorist]

Did you ever ship swanfire?

No, not even when I was first watching Season 2. I simply felt that what they established in 2x06 was a love between two young people who were in the search for a forever home, who mostly bonded due to that. I totally get the appeal, but in the present time on the show, they had both lived separately for ten years and had found permanent homes, but not together.

(Also, that was way before I even realized Captain Swan could be a thing, like, I realized that potential in 3x02, in the “Just who are you Swan” scene, so CS never played a role in how I saw SF)

In the end, I think they’d always love each other in a way, but they’d developed so differently and they needed such different things, that it would take too much time to work them into a relationship, and that’s without even adding the “You let me go to prison and get forced to give our baby away” factor into the mix. I think they could become good friends, though, I don’t think Emma could ever trust Neal with her heart again, but they could have a part in each other’s lives. 

To be totally honest, while watching the second part of s3 I thought they were planning to make SF a thing and kill Hook off (especially considering how long it took them in the season to show his side of things), and like, even after Neal died, I thought “Oh well Hook’s gonna sacrifice his life or something to bring him back and then Neal and Emma will be a thing”. It was only after 3x17 that I realized that, no, they were serious about Hook and Emma.

And in retrospective, that was a big thing for me. During 3B I was ready to bail and stop watching, and maybe in a way thinking that SF could be their thing was my subconsciously wishful thinking so that I’d have a reason to stop watching a show I had started to not like so much. But then Neal died, Hook stayed, CS became a thing and oh well here I am now following Colin O’Donoghue’s career. You never know what life has out for you, lol.

[shipping1addict]

OUAT rewatch - 3x02

Thoughts:

Snow still on the mission to bond with Emma.   Cute but my thoughts haven't changed.

I get that hook knows Neverland the best but I wouldn't trust him either. But since they don't have a choice, they really should hear him out.

the same clip we saw a hundred times. #classicSnowing

exploring Emma's saviour skills and her true nature. Even though it's for pans advantage, it's actually helping the gang for their future difficulties.

Also the foreshadowing with the nightshade(?) I've forgotten the name but that's not the point.

that random doe in the background in one of the flashbacks.

I swear. The amount of the phrase "show yourself" in this show is hilarious. If I had to make a crack vid I would always use frozen 2 songs.

uffff my swanqueen heart.

I know we get Rumpels story with his father in the next few eps, but if you know that Pan is his father it's really amazing how little effort is made with just the straw puppet. I guess it's supposed to let us to believe, that this truly is about his father but also confusing as to how it tides with Neverland.

cute little trick charming but Excalibur's turn is only in season 5.

snow is always the "find your true self" emotional support. It provides the best scenes though.

eww. I'm sorry but I don't get the CS relationship. There is nothing there besides cringey flirts from Hook and one or two responses from Emma. They may be cute-ish later on but no. Absolutely no.

[once-upon-a-captain-swan]

100 days of captain swan: Day 08

[tim-lucy]

canon chenford project ❀ ↳ bonus prompt: [1/7] conversations about the other

[lumadreamland]

100 days of captain swan: day 6

[qqueenofhades]

HILARY. A THOUGHT. CS in 3x02: "Just who are you Swan?" / "Wouldn't you like to know?" / "Perhaps I would." Garcy in 2x06: "I guess what I was trying to say back there is that I'd like to get to know you, but I understand if you don't want that" / Lucy opening up about Amy. THAT'S ALL BYE.

THIS IS A RUDE THOUGHT. EXCUSE YOU.

(also. I love it.)

(I feel the need to tag @killiarious to add this to the CS/Garcy parallel list, and since I saw she’s officially in the dumpster now, @mrs-emma-swan-jones.)

[thebigmick284]

Thoughts on OUAT ending.

Big messy post and quick thoughts ahead!

It’s long past time (5 years IMO) that it should have ended. I have never seen a show nose-dive in quality so much... yet I kept watching and will till the end. Maybe Adam and Eddy’s message of ‘hope’ got to me, haha...

I still remember watching the Australian premiere of the pilot back in early 2012. Curious but unsure. I was only a casual watcher in S1, it didn’t fully grab me. I don’t really have too many memories of S1 apart from being invested in the Rumple/Bae storyline. These two really sold the papa/son relationship. Nowadays I do think it’s overall the best season although the fandom overrates it to the extreme at times.

Come the announcement of Captain Hook in that S2 comic con promo and I became more intrigued as the story of Peter Pan has been with me for as long as I can remember. I slowly became more hooked (ha) during 2A and remember not actually being too impressed with Hook at first. I wanted Captain James Hook, what was this Killain Jones BS? This is was where I first started looking around at the Tumblr fandom and it was still a shit storm back then so I kept to myself.

I remember being excited we would finally see adult Bae.... and then disappointment as he went underutilised. I actually remember being happy Neal and Emma admitted their love because I thought the SQers would realize that SQ isn’t the story they are telling and stop their bullying. I was really enjoying myself with the show, it was really great escapism. It made me believe that there could be parallel fairy tale worlds out there, haha. Especially as I was going through a lot of personal things. Again, I tried to stay out of the fandom drama but was disappointed people I found only really wanted to talk about shipping.

 But my fanboying reached overdrive when this promo came out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihi_5gXAMOU

Holy crap that shadow! Wendy Darling! Neverland! I actually dared and interacted with the fandom after that. In combination with that fantastic goosebump inducing ending of S2 here, ‘Peter Pan Never Fails’-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRbG42dmGCw

I was ecstatic. I started liking O’Donoghue’s Hook too at this point. He had all the elements of Barrie’s Hook with OUAT’s own twist and when I rewatched his scenes, I found I enjoyed him so much more.

My excitement for S3 was probably the most invested I was in the show. I even started a blog where I posted reviews and stuff- Storybrooke Clock Tower and I think I had 1000 followers. I even sent and received a message from Parker Croft who played Felix. I could NOT wait for S3 to start.

Season 3 was just pure joy for me. They delivered by large and beyond what I had hoped for with their promise of a darker Neverland arc. Robbie Kay, again, someone I was worried about, blew me away. I just remember my thoughts after that final scene of 3x01 and then that ELECTRIFYING sneak peak of 3x02 with Pan sizing up Emma. Holy shit! This kid was sooooo good as Peter Pan, his intensity, that child like charm, having a British accent, his cocky confidence. I was in Pan heaven!

I even love 3B and it reminded me of how much I used to love the 30′s Wizard of Oz movie. I still maintain this was a great arc, it had the best visuals of the series- look at the Oz sets, how good the flying monkeys looked, all the characters still felt like themselves and had things to do, the missing year instead of tired flashbacks and the CS movie at the end.  Lots of fantastic material 

Oh and how could I forget OUATIW which also aired at this time. Starting off a little shaky (I remember the fan complaints) it just went from strength to strength and was a hugely enjoyable spin-off. Again, It reminded me of how much I loved Jafar as a kid and all that Aladdin mythology.

S3 was just a fantastic time to be a Oncer. But after the CS movie I had a funny feeling. It felt like it should have ended right there. With that final montage, with Rumple and Belle’s vows echoing the character arcs of the whole cast...It really felt concluded.

Still I watched on, nervous with the Frozen arc because it felt more like a financial decision rather then creative. I remember coming home after the CS movie aired and wanting to spoil myself so I checked FB and saw ‘Frozen is coming to OUAT’ and I was like... really? really?

Around 4A I shut down my old OUAT blog and just used my Bigmick284 one. I started not being afraid of interacting with fandom and used to reblog a lot of confession posts. I was really active on the FB OUAT page too. I fought with a lot of BAs, lol, and was bullied off the site even...

 People I remember getting along with include.

@mrs-emma-swan-jones-  I mention this a lot but...Anyway... You had a different username but I remember chatting with you a lot during early 4A. I still remember watching and smiling to your fangirling CS reaction videos on Youtube and smiling at all your excitement. Holy crap was that was really 4 years ago...

@lessawildmoon- in my quest to find people who loved to discuss CS intelligently and without resulting to bullying I found you. I remember thinking, I wish she would follow me, lol. And then you did! I always love your level headed posts. And for defending me more than once (ha).

@i-will-move-on-in-life- I remember you because you were always positive and someway down the line we found we liked a lot of things and had a lot in common other than OUAT and here we are still chatting and potentially even planning things! 

@seethem-dancing​- I just remember loving your deep and intricate essays which I always enjoyed reading.

To others who I don’t think are here any more such as FIO who I interacted with a lot over the bullying and hypocritical to downright disgusting ways of the fandom.

I’ve probably forgotten people so I am sorry if IhHave.

Fighting BAs and dealing with FB invasions, I felt stronger because I had friends here. Even with things drove me mad and I got personally attacked... I also learnt and researched many important issues such as rape culture. I learnt a lot and changed a lot about my own beliefs.

Even though I think S1-S3 and OUATIW was best, 4A was probably the last time I think OUAT was really enjoyable and I still couldn’t wait to get home and watch. They did a great job with the Frozen cast, I loved all the Emma focus and it was fun. Something sorely missing with 4B onwards which became a chore to watch.

I think the best thing post S4 was the interactions and friends I made with people who still also had hope in the show. People such as

@myst-l-vie​- fellow Aussie and someone who is very passionate about people and her interests.

@stormynoon​- not sure if we talked OUAT I think that’s how we met (but we love\ TWD!)

@zumpie​- helped me enormously when I was bullied off the site and dealing with that.

@chrissascorner- helped me recover after I was bullied

@ deliriumdecadence- not just for OUAT chats but lots of great personal chats.

To you guys who are always around, friendly, and awesome to chat to-

@newyearsswifts​

@ultraericthered​

@awesomechocolatesauce​

@marvelouswhovianfairytales​

@zannereid27​

@fraddit​

@epona610​

@v-jolt

@rubbady-pubbady

@kereeachan

I’ve probably and likely forgot numerous others.

In the end you guys are what was most important during this time. I’ll never forget it!

And I’ll always treasure the first three seasons, OUATIW and bits and pieces from 4-6. It’s taught me a lot of what to do and most certainly not to do in creating a story.

Cheers!

-Mike

[odonowest]

one year of captain swan: 189/365