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Morning. I’m a bit more level headed this morning. So in response to Jo’s wonderful World Building and OUAT mega post, I don’t have a whole lot to say except that it’s spot on. The more shaky and unfocused the world because the bigger mess it creates and the more I stop caring about the world, the characters, and the plot. That’s what happens when you don’t stick to plans and laws you’ve set up.
As for Hook, I would still love it if Slurpeez were right about how he’s being purposely written (ie: bad for Emma) but I still have zero hope on that front. The writers, for me, are not that self-aware (their half-hearted attempt at LGBT shows me that they are totally unaware of certain social issues and how to tell a convincing love story–at least post S3A finale). They still think the way he’s written is perfectly fine (and not at all wildly inconsistent) and that Emma/Hook is a love story that might have struggles but will come out smelling like roses in the end. Like, after Emma traverses the underworld to find the pirate instead of leaving him there forever. The fact that the writers don’t see a problem with a relationship in which one partner says they want to hurt the other is…oh, so troubling. Belle and Rumple have had a lot of issues but Rumple has never threatened to hurt Belle, emotionally or physically. I’d like Adam to really think about the message he’s sending his daughter when they have the romantic lead for the Audience-Stand-In-Character (Emma) say such things and then have the relationship touted as something romantic and true.
Blah blah blah, rape culture. You guys know me well enough to know where I’m going with this.