Hey CallMeLola, thanks for providing the link! While I can appreciate that blogger’s staunch loyalty in defending Emma, when she goes into serious “Assumption Land” about how others must see exactly what she sees in her *shipping* world, she loses credibility. Tumblr personas can…be *Zelena-like* scenery chewing…at times. We all can, I guess. Emma still pisses me off! :D.
This second sneak peak is pure Hook (and Emma to a degree) gold. Thanks for posting it obisgirl 🙂 We have much to look forward to!
Hook has remembered everything, and perhaps is the only one to do so…while Emma and the others lost a year. His journey has been, perhaps, much harder to bear because of it. He shows that in his tortured eyes. And I think no matter what he lived through in his grief, that he thought about Emma every waking moment.
My guess is he went through some hellacious and humiliating times in his grief before truly realizing there was a way to get back to her. He lost The Jolly Roger, and I am sure a lot of his pride as well. He is not one to shy away from life. It builds character and this man has it is aces. I am hoping Emma is given the chance to see that and knocks off her *meanness*, even though I suspect that it comes in part from trusting him so much that she takes his loyalty for granted AND being somewhat annoyed that he didn’t find her sooner and save her the misery of the doofus Walsh months. Right now, even knowing/understanding quite well all that she has been through, her behavior towards him is often condescending and teetering on ugly. I am on this man’s side more than I am Emma’s. He has been my favorite character since his cocky introduction in that rowdy bar. When he screws up, he screws up. So does Emma. No one hesitates to call him on every freaking thing…she should be called on it as well.
I have no doubt their path leads to being a solid and amazingly passionate couple IF A&E don’t screw it up (grin). They still could play us, but it would just prove them to be dishonest writers.
I also agree, Jenna… the cries about how horrible Hook was to Bae are sometimes just piss and vinegar grievances in the long line of Hook-is-rotten-to-the-core-because-he-isn’t-Neal complaints. Bae rejected him. Yeah, he was only a boy, but it still wounded him. And no, he doesn’t have to make specific amends to prove himself before he is worthy of love or happy endings. No one does. He seems to be held to outrageously stiff standards by some factions of the fandom. Again, I suspect because he is so convenient to blame/hate. Flawed heroes are abused like that all the time.
***Always in search of a good flock***