I don’t believe that A and E are deliberately writing a troubling relationship when it comes to CS; I also don’t believe they are deliberately being misogynistic, racist, classiest, and intolerant to LGBTQ community, but that doesn’t mean that their story doesn’t reflect those negative attributes.
And that’s just sort of what I mean. No matter how much someone thinks or believes the relationship is abusive or whatever, it doesn’t mean it makes sense for Emma to break up with Hook because the writers have never felt that way and as a result, Emma has been written in such a way to accept Hook and all his actions. Never has she felt the need to break it off with him. So for her to do it now, at the end of her character’s arc, especially after the way Hook has been written this season, just would not make sense.
I understand what you are saying here. The writers do not know that they are writing an abusive relationship. They are, in my opinion, doing so regardless of whether not they realize and regardless of whether or not Emma reacts to Hook as if his behavior is abusive. That is why i believe it does make sense for Emma and Hook to break up because if we just take show canon, then Emma and Hook’s relationship is one conversation away from ending at any moment. For me, it is not a leap to conclusion it is just one tiny step and there the conclusion lays. The only thing it would take for all of what has happened with Emma and Hook to make sense would be for her to break up with him.
I completely understand that they aren’t going to and that Adam and Eddy don’t get it, but i do think it is the most logical thing that could happen. If Emma and Hook were just to talk about all of the things that they have done to one another, all of the things Hook has said, all of their history, if they were just to bring it up and talk about it like real people, then breaking up would be logical.