Reply To: Emma + Baelfire = Swanfire

[dontstopbelievin]

kfchimera –

Great post.  I will admit that I have never given that much thought to Hook’s character; two weeks ago I was just watching OUAT as my favorite show and not overanalyzing too much but as I go back and inspect, I think you have some excellent points.  If he is attracted to Emma since he sees her as the adventuring type – mistaking her willingness to fight when necessary (particularly fighting for her child, which is pretty much all he’s seen her do) as WANTING to fight – then it makes sense.  It unfortunately means that he’s missed some introspection as to who Emma really is – calm, quiet city life in a stable Home with her kiddo.  She doesn’t get off by climbing bean stalks or traipsing around Neverland, those are necessary evils on the road to the home she so craves.  He seems willing to parent Henry – much like he was willing to parent Baelfire – but he is not craving to parent Henry, the way not only Emma but both Neal and Regina are.  He happens to come with the package, that’s cool – and I do give him props for that – but he’s off to rescue “Emma,” not “Emma&Henry.”

I like what Hook brings to the show.  I love his one-liners, they are part of what makes it so enjoyable to watch.  But unfortunately I think it’s rather undeniable that he has not properly integrated into the gang; for all of the connections that he SHOULD have, they all feel superficial.  He was part of the Neverland gang, but there was always that distance, and it remains now.  He’s attached to Emma.  He doesn’t really have solid relationships with the other characters, despite the fact that he should.

Hmmm, I just went to look up some Tallahassee screencaps and unfortunately we don’t really get a good look at the outside of it. It does look to be about the same size as the box Emma has though, so I reckon there’s a chance you could be onto something.

Nope, I pulled out Tallahassee when I did the caps above and the best look we get at it is of an edge.  Like I said, the one edge we can see (very very briefly and slightly blurry) appears to be plain wood without the linear design – but it’s possible that a) its a different edge of the box (ie, Neal has the hinge towards him and we see the open edge, while Emma is holding the open edge and the design is only on the side of the box with the hinge) or there was a prop error and they’ve edited it such that it’s impossible to see the box.  I think a prop error is on the outside edge of probability given the attention to detail during the show but since we just can’t see the box well enough to tell I think it’s a possibility.