@Surayya wrote:
Well actually I pointed out a couple of similarities ‘In the Story’
Yes they both have fathers, who fought in wars. They both had issues with their fathers. Then there are differences. Shang respected his father, and worried about living up to his expectations. Neal didn’t respect his father and was abandoned by him. Shang lived by the book, Neal probably stole the book. Shang was reserved with his emotions and Neal …let’s just say on this thread, gets called whiny. My point about Hookriel existing prior to the show and prior to Hook appearing in Once is to show that some fan thought of combining those two without the incentive of removing a character to promote a different ship. On the surface of it, which is the only way to judge a crack pairing because of course, no one has seen the interactions, Neal/Mulan really feels more like something to bolster CS than something anyone would be interested in seeing absent CS. This is the CS thread of course, so that’s a perfectly fine reason for you to say you’d prefer it--but we’ll have to agree to disagree about whether there’s any more appeal to the concept than clearing the deck for CS. Hook probably appreciates a cleared deck, but he can work with clutter as he’s a pirate after all. 😆
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