Reply To: Emma + Baelfire = Swanfire

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I think there are two issues with that particular scene.

1. Hook being all snarky about Henry’s writing. It makes him look ungrateful since the only reason Henry and any of the others are there is to rescue Hook so he should be showing a bit more gratitude towards them instead of putting Henry down.

2. None of the others called Hook out on what he said. Clearly it upset Henry, but instead of any of the others perhaps saying to Hook “You shouldn’t have said that” or “you didn’t need to say it like that” they just ignored what Hook did and went “Oh Henry’s just being a teenager” which is kind of out of order since it’s as if the characters are wilfully overlooking Hook’s shortcomings.

I do wonder if there is a disconnect between the writers writing Hook and how they want him to be perceived and how he is actually being perceived. A great example is Hook’s line from the season 3 Neverland arc where he says to Emma “When I win your heart, Emma, and I will win it, it won’t be because of any trickery”.

Now during 3A I was constantly back and forth on where I stood on the CSF triangle (up to Dark Hollow when this line was said) so consequently I visited both the CS and SF thread. I always had a problem with that particular line. I thought it presumptuous, I thought it sounded cocky and it was as if Emma had no say in the matter because Hook told her that “when” he wins and that he “will win” her heart. I disliked that line intensely. However, the CSers liked it saying it was Hook being confident because he knew Emma had feelings for him.

That line could have been changed to sound better than it came out. Instead of “when” use “if” and cut out the middle part. So instead of:

“When I win your heart, Emma, and I will win it, it won’t be because of any trickery”.

It should’ve been:

“IF I win your heart, it won’t be because of any trickery”

With Hook’s line to Henry last episode, I wonder if the writers intention for it wasn’t how it was received.