Also, after my rewatch.
I’m struck *again* by how Emma talks about how Hook’s life is one big adventure–every second in the EF was just one swashbuckling adventure until he came to save her. And of course he doesn’t deny it. Nor should he, he’s a pirate and always has been. And that’s totally 100% okay, I like Hook the pirate. But it’s not the life Emma wants. Hook mentions how moments with Emma are going through some jungle or forest or fighting, but that’s not the life Emma wants. That seems to be a big theme this season for her individually–what kind of life does Emma Swan want? In 313 she told Regina that she almost didn’t come back to SB to fight this new curse because she liked the life she had. The only reason she did was because she knew what Henry would say.