The Sailor and the Swan

me: *realises that it probably means that another proposal will happen in the future*

Now I’ve never really done meta for ONCE and I wouldn’t go so far as to say this piece is one but… I’ve just seen waaay too much worried, dissatisfied or downright angry CSers recently and…

Disclaimer 1: the CS fandom still is and, I believe, will always be the best fandom I’ve ever been in. So this is in no way a critique of the fandom or even of individuals, I just wanna see some satisfaction on my dash so I guess I’m gonna have to put it there. Disclaimer 2: I’d also like to point out that I’m not saying people aren’t allowed to be dissatisfied, I’m just offering you a more positive point of view, the possession of which I have found very useful in life. 

So with that out of the way…I don’t like to brag about my perfect ship but…

why CS is the ship of dreams

Since birth Emma has always been sacrificed for the greater good, but by keeping the shears Killian is saying the opposite. He is saying that Emma is more important than the greater good and if it comes down to one or the other he will always pick Emma.

That is why I think his decision is so important - because he is doing the one thing no one else has ever done - Putting Emma First before the Greater Good. And he is the only person that we know will do that. Her parents, especially her mother,  have always been just a little too willing to let Emma go for the greater good (which is ironic considering who her mother let live).

I want Killian to break down.

Killian’s expressions throughout 6x05 broke my damn heart. He tries to be strong and be supportive of his Emma, but you can see on his face how hard he is trying to hold himself together.

Everything he’s been through recently: Forced to become the Dark One. Manipulated into hurting his loved ones. Dying. Dying again. Dying a third time. Brutally tortured by a psychopathic god. Being resurrected only to be faced with the threat of his True Love’s impending demise…

I want the weight of all of this to finally come crashing down on Killian. I want him to just let the emotions come flowing in while he cries in his Swan’s arms.

I apologize in advance, nonnie, but I’m going to use this ask to talk about the idea of “doing the wrong thing.” What is with the need to assign blame and sit in judgement about every damn thing?

Sufficed to say, I am not inline with much of fandom in condemning both their actions and never have been. If Emma hadn’t done what she did in 5A, Killian would be dead. Full stop. She did what had to be done to save him. She went to extraordinary lengths, and there were consequences that they faced, but personally I roll by eyes at the hand-wringing and the judgement over the decisions she made. You think “she was wrong” fine, that’s your opinion, but my opinion is that it’s a fairy tale, and it’s much more fun to watch if you take the stick out of your ass and go with the flow.

Personally, I prefer my favorite characters alive. I LOVE that my OTP would do ANYTHING to save each other. I LOVE that the other’s well-being and safety is always paramount. I love that while her parents, son and Regina just nodded along with Emma’s plan to face the consequences of being a Savior, Killian did NOT. He is not okay with her “paying the price” for the magic. I love that he is PRESERVING her options, by keeping the scissors (whether it works out that way or not.) AND I love that they made a point that his only concern is her heart’s desire.

Killian did what he felt he had to in the moment. He is worried out of his mind about her and knows that she is not necessarily thinking clearly. So he made a snap decision not to allow Emma to make a snap decision that could mean her life. Sue me, I don’t have a problem with it.

Everyone’s talking about Hook taking away Emma’s choice to sacrifice her life by not saving herself by using the shears and instead choosing to save others…

but she basically did the same thing to him last season - twice actually - once by using Excalibur on him and once by walking into hell to bring him back.

ultimately that worked out pretty well for both of them since he’s alive and they’re together.

So I can’t fault him for this one.

She tried to throw away her choice. He’s keeping her options open.

So by keeping the scissors its not him trying to break her trust, It’s him trying to keep something incase there is no other way to save her and to give her the life she has always longed for. It parallels with why Emma turned him into the dark one back in Camelot, they are kindred spirts.