Tumblr post from someone who feels the same way about wasted Hook potential as I do. It’s long-ish, so I’ll just copy and paste one paragraph…
Everything they’ve done with this character is wrong. They turned him from an interesting villain to a lovesick puppy who serves zero purpose other to follow Emma around and did so with zero development. They portray him as a pushy man who resorts to stalking, thinks it’s his decision when and how Emma deals with issues, and lies to make himself look good. And these things are portrayed as romantic.
I’d also like to know what the “bad things” Emma has done are – that remotely stack up to the garbage Hook has pulled.
I too would very much like to know what JMo was referring to.