Reply To: Why is Hook such a divisive character within the fandom?

[TheWatcher]

Hook, being her boyfriend, is going to play the boyfriend part a lot.

i get that. My issue is that his character doesn’t extend far beyond that.  When he does its always shortlived or makes it way to being about romance and emma. I disliked the dark Swan arc near the end for this reason. They took an amazing plotline (emma becoming evil, Hook becoming a dark one, the very thing he hates) and made it into CS centered plot. Snowing often has this issue as well where they do the majority of things in stories that center around their relationship. But Snowing still has many more connections to other other characters outside of each other and have for many seasons.

I know Hook and Emma being together means we will see them alot. That isnt my issue with him as a character. I want Hook to be more than that. Hook can still be the awesome guy he was when he was first introduced.

To give an example: Let Hook find out his ship was actually cursed by Ursula and now Davy Jones will come to claim his soul. And he has to do something about that. Let Hook find out that not being in Neverland anymore will cause him to age rapidly and die, and he has to get Rumpel to help him despite them hating eachother. I mean, these all sound stupid, but they can make it work. Let Hook do something. Emma can be there for support, sure, but let the dude have a goal again!

#MakeHookGreatAgain xD