“The whole idea of the show is that Storybrooke is cursed,” series co-creator Edward Kitsis says. “And therefore what we love is the idea that their love is so strong it keeps pulling them together no matter how hard we try to keep them apart.”
And while it seems the series reunites them constantly only to break them apart, the show’s creators hope fans understand why they put the couple through the ringer.
“We do have a plan for them and we are building to something with them this season and we’re excited to share that with you, just not today,” co-creator Adam Horowitz teases. “But yes there is a plan and a definite build that we’re trying to do and we hope people enjoy wherever we take them.”
On the uproar over David cheating with Mary Margaret: “One of our favorite things is the fact that I love that the audience is mad that David cheated,” Kitsis says. “But he’s married to Snow White. And in Storybrooke, he has all this guilt of cheating on Kathryn [Anastasia Griffith]. But, the truth is that’s the curse.”
“Yeah, and is he cheating on Snow White by being with Kathryn?” Horowitz adds. “To us there’s a level of complexity that we’re trying to build with these relationships and making nothing easy for our characters. So, when they do achieve the things they want to achieve its all the more satisfying hopefully.”
On why “true love’s kiss” hasn’t broken the spell on David and Mary Margaret: “I think it wasn’t an ‘aha moment’ for them because the curse hasn’t been broken yet,” Kitsis says. “And clearly they’re not the keys to breaking it, they were just the keys to making the savior [Emma, played by Jennifer Morrison].”
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Meh. They're going to be together and live happily ever after so there's not much interesting about their story.
ReplyDeleteHahaha... that is interesting, that David/Charming is married to MM/Snow White!
ReplyDeleteI love that they addressed the fan anger haha.. they're certainly not making things easy!
ReplyDeleteI'm still wondering why Graham got his memories after kissing Emma.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this means that Emma needs to be puckering up for everyone in Storybrooke, since that is how Graham got his memories back.... but to kiss her parents? ewww lol
ReplyDeleteThe emotional connection to Emma gave him the strength to sever ties with Regina which was pretty much his main thing. I suspect that means that kissing isn't the solution but rather a breakthrough for each character that represents a stronger connection to who they are in fairytale land.
ReplyDeleteIt's like a string you pull back and then throw away, they always come back together. We just gotta have faith that someday the string breaks and they stay together.
ReplyDeletehmm, I didn't think that was Graham at all so much as Emma, since she is the only thing that *can* break the curse. Graham was struggling with being bound to Regina and Emma was emotionally vested in freeing him. So, she was able to free him from the curse.
ReplyDeleteI bet they remember in the season finale or something.
ReplyDeleteTrue's love kiss, tbh. It can break any curse. And I believe they were each other's true love.
ReplyDeleteThe only reason it worked for Graham is because of true love's kiss. That's how he and Emma broke it. True love's kiss can break any spell, therefore Graham and Emma are true loves.
ReplyDeleteGood to know they know how fans negatively react to David's cheating.
ReplyDelete"on why “true love’s kiss” hasn’t broken the spell on David and Mary Margaret:
ReplyDelete“I think it wasn’t an ‘aha moment’ for them because the curse hasn’t
been broken yet,” Kitsis says. “And clearly they’re not the keys to
breaking it, they were just the keys to making the savior [Emma, played
by Jennifer Morrison].”
This is a good example of the uneven writing this show has displayed. If the above statement is true then the Sheriff should never have gotten his memories back.