I like the tension they could have written with Hook, Neal and Rumple–if Hook actually went back for Bae in NL and spent centuries trying to rescue him, and actually agreed to hunt Rumple in a deal to set Bae free. They COULD have created something like that, which would in large part created a very conflicted and heroic feel for Hook versus showing us this “well he wasn’t always a pirate, but he was a hard-line naval taskmaster, who lost hope and threw it all a way in a fit of rage” didn’t quite do.” Hook being motivated not just for revenge, but also because he has no choice or the boy he loved as a son would be (he thinks) recaptured by a demon, now THAT is some serious counter-foil to Rumple. It would also have helped to sell me on the idea that Hook thinks it is tragic that he feels romantically inclined to the same woman as Neal. Right now that doesn’t come across very strongly or if at all.[/quote
hi all, yes you’ll usually see me in the CS thread but I like coming here and to the other ship threads for different perspective and to see what others catch that my admitted shipper goggles may have not…anywho – THIS! Even more than any romantic pairings, this is probably the relationship I ‘ship the most. I love Bae – I really believe that Hook and Bae’s time in NL is much more complicated than presented to date and that it’s explored and the writers don’t drop the ball on this one. I have a ridiculously detailed head cannon that I won’t delve into but I just was too excited to see a similar theory I had to post and add a “this”!