Eww CaptainSwan shippers

[sarah_tn]

@craxyfox wrote:

Even though I am meant to be on holidays right now I am coming in to defend my ship! 😆 😆
Everyone is entitled to share their opinions, I just think that the title did come off as a little bit offensive, as it isn’t insulting Hook himself but it’s actually directed at CS fans :

I don’t blame people for defending their favourite characters in debates and stuff, but actually saying ‘eww’ @ other fans is pushing it a little

That’s true, but it looks like things have calmed down a bit since the topic was initially posted, though.

[tombo671]

@NONNIE wrote:

Reasons I do not care for the character Hook:

Yes I enjoy the actor and think he is doing a good job…. but that said …

1/ Hook acts like a school yard bully picking on kids smaller and weaker of stature. ( I still do not think Gold was coward for not wanting to be cannon fodder for the GLORY of his fudal overseer.)

2/ Hook and Mihla are like the Jock and the cheerleader who pick on the nerds. I find Rumple / Gold more intelligent than either of them. Hook got Mihla to abandon her child. He probably would have been an abusive step dad … He sure does not relate well to the LOST BOYS.

3/ I truly dislike the sexual innuendos in a family show.

4/ He is remorseless and blinded by his revenge, willing to hurt innocent people.

I am sure there are other reasons but at 4 am / insomnia has not let me think of them …. good night…

Nonnie..
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I agree. Hook is so overrated its getting annoying. If he had his traditional long hair and beard he wouldn’t have half the fan base he does now. Other then his good looks he’s just annoying and cheesy IMO. Cora is a much better villain both plot wise and character wise. But because Hook is “hot” he seems to get more attention then she does.

[lilred]

I’d actually love for Colin to leave the show – Hook isn’t developing. And to top it all off, so much (Not all!) of his fan base cut and paste the entire show to center around him. And it is often to the point of delusional! So much of his behavior would not be tolerated if the man looked like this:
I wanted to like the hot Irish pirate too when his pictures came out but now, having witnessed fans excuse his violence to Belle as ‘doing her a favor/ shooting her and helping her out of an abusive relationship’ on tumblr – I’m ready for them to bring in the next villain with a stubble – and hoping Colin takes his fanbase with him. Guy really seems very down to earth and sweet: I wonder if he even gets scared sometimes by all this. 😆

[em28]

tombo671- I believe that is a bit of a generalisation. Hook has become my favourtite character. Yes he is ‘hot’ as you say, but that is not why he is my favourtite. Hook is a broken man, and he hides behind a mask. he is a very complex character. I am also very interested in his soft spot for Emma and I am excited for their romance to begin.
As for excusing his violence towards Belle, I have not done that. However that does not stop me one bit from liking Hook.

I just thought that I should set the record straight rather people making generlisations.

And also, I’m not trying to start an agrument, I’ve seen many arguments start on this site over little things, and this is not one of them.

[Phee]

@Lil’Red wrote:

So much of his behavior would not be tolerated if the man looked like this:

I dunno, Rumple isn’t exactly stereotypically dashingly handsome, and folks still love the crap out of him. Hook might have a bit of a “dirty old man” vibe if he was older and still said some of the stuff he does, but I think at the end of the day, pirates can get away with a lot and still be considered badass because they’re pirates. They’re not meant to be polite. 😉

People’s views of Onciverse Hook can be quite polarising. You either think he’s completely shallow, or incredibly deep. I’m the latter, but can see how others could take him at face value and be turned off. It’s not really that different of a situation to Rumple. People either think he’s the ultimate evil, or the ultimate candidate for redemption.

[sarah_tn]

@Lil’Red wrote:

I’d actually love for Colin to leave the show – Hook isn’t developing. And to top it all off, so much (Not all!) of his fan base cut and paste the entire show to center around him….:

You know it’s comments like that, which really get the pot stirred on the board, right? There’s been a lot of complaint about hatred and trolling toward Captain Swan shippers (not that there hasn’t been trolling elsewhere, but trolling in general is what is getting really old).

If Colin left the show, I think it’d break my heart and not just mine, but a lot of others as well. Not everyone will feel that way, but that doesn’t mean the people on the other side of that fence don’t count.

As for Phee’s comment, my feelings are that Hook is the ultimate candidate for redemption, and also a great drama getter. Yeah the main cast is great and all that, but they can’t do it all alone. Cinnamon toast is called “Cinnamon toast”, not “Cinnamon and sugar toast”. If the sugar weren’t there though, it wouldn’t be near as good. If Once were cinnamon toast, Hook is the sugar. 😉

[lilred]

@Sarah_TN wrote:

@Lil’Red wrote:

I’d actually love for Colin to leave the show – Hook isn’t developing. And to top it all off, so much (Not all!) of his fan base cut and paste the entire show to center around him….:

You know it’s comments like that, which really get the pot stirred on the board, right? There’s been a lot of complaint about hatred and trolling toward Captain Swan shippers (not that there hasn’t been trolling elsewhere, but trolling in general is what is getting really old).

So, any opinion not aligning with Hook fans wants/needs/desires is considered trolling now? What I said, that’s honestly how I feel at this point in time. Do I at least get snaps for coming to the ‘Eww CaptainSwan shippers’ thread and not harassing the actual fan thread(s)? Because the Jane Espenson interview on the Captain Swan page infuriates me – but I tried to be polite when asking for a link or to know where it was coming from. I’m infuriated because the interview seems to be faked and yet presented as complete fact: but you guys do what you want on your threads – I’ll just grow up and never look inside.

[Phee]

@Lil’Red wrote:

Because the Jane Espenson interview on the Captain Swan page infuriates me – but I tried to be polite when asking for a link or to know where it was coming from. I’m infuriated because the interview seems to be faked and yet presented as complete fact:

You mean the transcript that’s been posted in the CaptainSwan thread? That’s a legit interview, there’s a link to the audio of it in the post, where you can hear Jane say what’s in the transcript. As someone who doesn’t really ship CaptainSwan, (though I do enjoy their flirtations), I took it as her just saying that there will indeed be more interaction between the characters. Obviously, shippers will read more into it. But either way, she definitely suggested to the shipper she was talking to that they’d like some stuff that was to come.

[lilred]

There’s an audio? Where?

[Phee]

At the bottom of the post in the CaptainSwan thread, there’s a link to the interview on blogtalk radio and a time stamp for that part of the interview.

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