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⌈ Secret Post #5446 ⌋

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Re: Ever change your mind on a ship?

[(Anonymous)]

In season one of OUAT I hated Regina because I found her vengeance schtick immature as fuck while also being disgusted by her enslavement and rape of Graham, gaslighting Henry, imprisoning Belle, etc etc. I didn't think she deserved to be in a happy relationship with anyone, certainly not with Emma.

I didn't ship Emma with anyone, I just wanted her to have a good life with her son.

Then, early in season 2, Regina apologized to Henry. And Hook showed up and so did Hook stans, who started shipping him with Emma.

I ended up fucking loathing Hook, especially the more he and Emma looked like they might end up together. I could sort of see Hook with Regina or another villain on the road to redemption, helping each other be better and give up on vengeance, or maybe pulling each other under, but OUAT's writers sucked at writing... most things, tbh, but definitely villain redemption arcs so that I actually wanted to root for them. I ended up ditching the show in season 3 and just hanging out in fandom.

I mostly shipped Rumbelle, speaking of shittily written redemption arcs. And after Neal showed up, I didn't so much love Emma/Neal as want both of them to be happy, as romantic partners or friends and co parents, whichever.

But knowing that the writers sucked at writing ships and plots I actually cared about, I started liking the idea of Emma/Regina more, and Emma/Regina/Neal, where Regina actually continued on from that point where she admitted she'd been a controlling crappy mom to Henry, and grew into someone who took responsibility for the horrible shit she did.

Because Emma/Regina was never canon, it was never ruined for me like Emma/Hook was. Their canon romance sucked so much that I had no desire to see it rewritten by fans to not suck, and I bailed on the show before it could ruin Belle and Rumple for me.

So it turns out that sometimes what it takes to turn a NOTP into if not an OTP then at least a "yeah sure, I ship it" is an even nastier, more disgusting NOTP.