Reply To: Emma + Baelfire = Swanfire

[kfchimera]

These writers make me cringe. If they’d said about Hook and Emma that “When you love someone, you just want to have them feel the same way, and to feel the object of your affections is pushing you away because of a misunderstanding of who you are, that’s even harder. It can be frustrating to realize its not easy to win back someone’s trust, especially someone like Emma who experienced so much loss that she finds it hard to trust anyone, let alone give someone a second chance. Problem is, that would describe SF quite well, wouldn’t it? Can’t have the audience feel for Neal, so we have to make this about how Hook deserves to win, how frustrating it is for him to be trying so hard when Emma’s had nothing but awful relationships and he’s giving her everything that any other girl would want. Yep, a while back we had a whole “hook-on” thing here, comparing Hook to Gaston, the fangirling, the disdain and boasting–but there is more to Hook than just pride. That’s why I was hoping they’d show him understanding and realizing the value of friendship with Emma is more important than winning her heart. That’s what Emma needs right now, is a friend, not a boyfriend, not yet. Let HER decide when she’s ready for that. Let her pursue it, or at least, actively encourage as opposed to discourage the person. I’ll say this for Regina/Robin–Regina isn’t portrayed as an indecisive girl in the relationship. She’s true to her character in being a bit flirty and staying in control. Guess they used up all the good writing on that, not that there aren’t potential problems (if he really thinks she was just “audacious” and doesn’t really know the real depths she’d plunged into–if he knows, and is like second chances, yeah yeah, then fine. ) The writers just like to portray the good characters as naive, I think.