To ease some tension….or maybe get a chuckle…this is something I found on Neil Gaiman’s tumblr today.
But what I loved more than the chuckle was what he had to say: “I worry that people might fail to write good books because they think these warnings are real rules. There are no real rules. Tell good stories and tell them well and don’t leave the reader feeling cheated at the end.”
That’s the only real rule in writing (Gaiman said so, so it must be true. #GaimanIsThatGood). I had no problem with CS having a time together and even remaining friends afterwards even if I strongly disliked Hook–all relationships help us grow as people even if they don’t last forever. I wasn’t rooting for Hook’s death back in S2 and actually had some truly great headcanons–Hookriel! But…
Now I, the reader of this text called OUAT, feel cheated. (Wait, this was supposed to get a chuckle. Eek. I’ll walk away now)