Reply To: Emma + Baelfire = Swanfire

[Slurpeez]

While I’m annoyed that this Hook-Emma romance is being shoved down my throat, one scene from last night’s episode actually comforted me.

When Hook was teaching Henry how to cheat, that’s when I knew there’s no future for CS.

There’s a much bigger picture happening here, and I think we’re just going to have to wait to see how they conclude all this.

It’s more about Henry than Emma, and Henry deserves better.

Interesting point you raised. Maybe the writers are intentionally portraying Hook as a very conflicted individual for a reason. I haven’t watched 3×17, but I did read everyone’s comments here. Hook told Neal in 3×15 during that “touching” hospital scene that he was in Neal’s way, which sounded like a threat. Then he predicted Neal would pay a heavy price after Hook “guessed” that Neal must’ve tampered with dark magic and labeled Neal a villain. Now Hook is teaching Emma’s son to cheat?!? Something tells me that a conflicted pirate like Hook is not adverse to cheating at games or at life to get what he wants. And what Hook wants is Emma. And she seems to be inexplicably falling for it, hook, line and sinker! Maybe her grief is screwing with her head and impairing her judgement. Surely, a responsible mother would want to keep her son, who is still at such an impressionable age, away from bad influences. And I completely agree that Emma and Henry definitely deserve better that a pirate who lies, cheats, and kills. While Neal was no prince, he was, in the very least, humble, contrite, and a truly good father to Henry.