Reply To: Why is Hook such a divisive character within the fandom?

Let me guess, you somehow think Neal is going to be miraculously resurrected in the finale don’t you?

Where did I say this? please direct me.

Hook is not a Neal, Robin, or anyone else that has died. He’s actually relevant

Okay… HOW is Hook relevant to the show? The ONLY thing you’ve been saying is that Hook is Emma’s boyfriend. I was using Neal and Robin as examples as to how sure you can be of someone being safe in the story only for them to up and die because the writers had other plans. Neal was Rumpel’s son, Henry’s father, Emma’s True Love, the catalyst for the entire show, paralled Emma entirely, and he still died. That goes beyond a single ship.

Hook isn’t even half of that, yet you are very sure he is safe 100% because “he’s relevant”. I’ve been asking what his relevancy is and how he can move forward in the story and the only thing u are telling me is “hes with emma” over and over and telling me that other characters should die. Like, really?

Mmmkay, so Michael just wants Captain Swan to have a happily ever after and anyone who disagrees is angry because Neal died and not, ya know, because of issues with the story or the character. Moving on.

The point still stands, the audience are being told that Emma and Hook are true loves rather than being shown it. It is lazy writing on the part of the writers, that’s the main problem.

THIS. I feel this way about their whole relationship. I don’t see any reason to believe why these two are together other than wish fulfilment. The writers are giving us the bare minimum in terms of writing their relationship, but whats worse is that so many people are okay with that. Now don’t get me wrong, when Hook first came on the show, I knew he was going to be one part of a love triangle, and I was okay with that, but I never believed we would get to this point here where he is her bf and nothing else. He was never portrayed as being that kind of character. Reminds me of this quote from Eddy: “I think that in all life, there are the people who are right for you and there are the people who are wrong for you, and then there are the people you just choose,” Kitsis said, before adding later, “I don’t know if [Emma] would stare at [Hook] and think he’d be a great father for Henry but he might be fun in Vegas.”