I really don’t understand how haters can still hate Hook after 4×02. I mean, what he said to Charming and how he behaved when Emma’s life was in danger, proved he truly loves Emma and doesn’t see her a conquest or a flirtation. He has genuine feelings for her.
I mean, the way he hugged in the loft and the way he looks at her…how can you question his feelings for her? How can people still hate him for loving Emma so unconditionally?
I’ve ‘shipped a lot but Captain Swan is honestly, the most beautiful love story ever. Hook is everything Emma needs in a true love and he was always meant to fall in love with her and I have to believe that Adam and Eddy always wanted to bring him onto the show for one purpose: making him Emma’s true love. They couldn’t get the rights for him in season one, so they had to wait until they did.
And knowing this season’s theme is that you don’t give up on the people that you love and this is what the Charming family does, Hook fits in quite perfectly there because Hook has never given up on the people that he loves. He fights for them.
And you know, it has to be said but Neal admitted to Mulan that he did give up on Emma. He took the easy way and did not even look for her after the curse was broken. He gave up on trying to reconcile because his fear got in the way. It was implied that the reason Neal asked August to send him a post card to him once the curse was broken, was that he intended to go after Emma but he didn’t. He even moved on from Emma and found love with Tamara. And true loves can’t move on from each other and yet, Neal moved on from Emma and also gave up on her as well.
And Hook couldn’t move on from Emma in the Enchanted Forest during the lost, he stayed loyal to her and Hook didn’t give on finding a way to rescue her from the ice cave. Hook is the man Emma deserves, someone who will not give up on her and will continue to fight for her no matter what, even in incredibly futile circumstances.
I know we’re not talking about true love yet but Emma and Hook are definitely on their way to becoming true love. It’s coming (probably in the 4B finale, or going into it).