Currently continuing a draft of some chess allusions in ouat season 7 and by god, the amount of times Gothel pulls an "always my white knight" as Eloise Gardener on Rogers (4-5 times but that's plenty). She knows about his history of wanting to protect loved ones and how he gave Alice a white knight chess piece to remind his daughter of how he'd do his best to save her. Gothel does her best to twist his good intentions into ones that suit hers, as if he can't do anything but be wrapped around her finger, but she's really the wolf in sheep's clothing. It sends chills down my spine as Rogers doesn't even know he's being misled, believing in her through the hazy connection he has for Alice, "her white knight".
Alice, on the other hand, never called her papa a white knight, as much as he wanted to represent that for her. If anything, when Killian and Alice reunited in the future, she gave back the white knight chess piece to him through Ella, implying that she's grown and claiming that she didn't need a reminder anymore because she knew they'd be together again someday, that he'd find a real cure in a way she couldn't.
I like the difference in how the same ideas are used, depending on the intentions of the one wanting to display something; i.e. a heartfelt promise, a gentle reminder of trust, or most blatantly, a manipulative deceit.
Rogers and Weaver would so get on Emma and Hook鈥檚 nerves. I mean, 1) it would be hilarious to see Hook鈥檚 face when he realized that a version of him married Rumple, that mental image waters my crops (but doesn鈥檛 overwater them) and curates my garden
And 2) Rogers and Weaver are probably the single most annoying pair of detectives to have running around any district you鈥檙e supposed to be sheriffing. Intentional lack of communication, air of shadiness, and I just know it would drive Emma crazy that they鈥檙e actually pretty good at being detectives. Maybe the Killians would have competitions to see who could solve the most cases in a month, but Emma wouldn鈥檛 be able to stand when Weaver solved a case she couldn鈥檛.
(this is list is also all the possible answers on my which killian is your soulmate uquiz! feel free to take that and see if your results match up with what you vote for!)