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December 13, 2016 at 11:18 pm #331877

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And let us not forget what Henry’s true feelings of Hook are, as revealed through the shattered mirror curse.

Adam and Eddy already confirmed the shattered sight curse was not how they really felt and even so S5/S6 clearly showed that Henry does like Hook.

Storylines? Which were what? He’s had dialog with them…he’s had scenes with them. What is Hook’s role in this season, let alone the show other than Emma? Let’s discuss that then I will address ur other points.
See, Regina is dealing with her inner darkness quite literally. Emma is dealing with what it means to be the savior. Rumpel….is addressing his issues as being a crappy father, husband, and all around bad guy. Whats Hook doing?
And just to prove my point, you are making every criticism about Hook as a character about ships. No, its not about Cs vs SQ. Its not about SF vs CS. For some it is, sure, but that’s not the entire fandom. It just seems like Hooks character exists solely because of CS, his entire function on this show is to be Emma’s boyfriend, and anyone saying he needs to be written better is taken as being a CS hater. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t see the appeal of the ship, but my issues with Hook go beyond that.

Yes he had episode storylines with Emma and Henry in 6×03. Which was the episode where Emma decided to ask Hook to move in with ehr

6×06 was an episode which paralleled Hook longing for family and in the end finally being accepted into one with Henry and Emma. It focused heavily on the Henry and Hook relationship.

6×04 focused on the Belle and Hook friendship, and showed how much Hook has grown as a character as well as Belle.

If you don’t see this then IDK what to say.
As far as Hook’s role on the show, it’s to be Emma’s kindred spirit. A lost boy much like her looking for a family and a place to call home which is basically what ALL of our characters storyline on the show is. Hook suffers and owns up to his mistake and knows that redemption is a long winding road and it takes lots of work. Hence why he wears the rings on his finger as a reminder to himself about the things he’s done in the past and to be a better man. He still to this day even though he does view himself as a hero he still has a hard time forgiving himself for his past deeds even if the people around him have already forgiven him. That is how you do a correct redemption arc and I’m not sure how he’s never payed for the things he’s done. He’s literally died for it.

You don’t see that with Regina and Rumple. With Regina you have her crimes literally being whitewashed. Oh the curse it was a good thing. Graham…who was that…rape nonsense. Oh she murdered and ruined countless lives….oh that wasn’t her that was The Evil Queen. It’s that kind of ridiculous crap that has her being a character a rarely can stand anymore. The fact that she blames this entity within her as the reason why she’s where she’s at is just a rehash of 4B albeit more poorly contructed and going nowhere.

With Rumple…I mean it’s just disgusting what he’s done this past half. From the disgusting GQ, to the literal mental and verbal abuse of Belle.

Oh but Hook killed Merlin, and the show has never brought that up again. Same way it has never been brought back up that Regina murdered and raped Graham, the death of Johanna, etc.

I’m just saying just within your words alone the double standard is shining through.

And sorry to say this but Hook’s role on this show is not to be Emma’s boyfriend. It’s to be her true love and kindred spirit. 🙂 He’s not simply a boyfriend and anybody that says as such is just bitter. He’s much more than that and going from spoilers, he’s likely to be a very different title soon.

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