Personally I think the Clone!Hook theory might be right but also really….bad. It’s not a good narrative point. It makes both Emma and Hook look like cowards and frankly too wrapped up in their own personally happily ever after to care about Henry and what he’s going through. So..what? Emma and Hook pop over to New!EF see that Henry is in trouble (as is his wife and presumably daughter) and while Regina and maybe Rumple choose to help Henry even if it means another curse and being separated from SB, loved ones, ect, Emma and Hook just offer a clone of his stepfather instead of helping out by going themselves??
Honestly, I could very well believe that’s something Hook And Emma would do given how they’ve been written for awhile.
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