TVLine Spoilers on Hook

[RumplesGirl]

Is it just me, or do you think Hook has feelings for Emma on Once Upon a Time? Any scoop on them would be awesome! –Kelley B
You know my stance on the whole Emma thing: What guy wouldn’t? But where Hook is concerned, seeing as he’s now on a journey with two eligible bachelorettes, the Jolly Roger might transform into the Love Boat. “It’s probably about time he sort of found another love in his life,” Colin O’Donoghue shared with me at season’s end. “But if it was a toss-up between [traveling companions] Regina or Emma, I’m not sure exactly who he’d go for.” Given that Emma is currently reeling from the loss of Neal, “Maybe he’ll have fun with Regina, while he’s waiting for Emma,” the pirate’s portrayer ventures. “Who knows!”

http://tvline.com/2013/05/30/ncis-true-blood-revolution-rookie-blue-burn-notice-spoilers/

Please keep in mind that the actors play everything very close to the vest right now.

[MysteryKat25]

Actors don’t always know the direction of their characters for future seasons, especially when the writers are just now hitting the writing rooms and filming doesn’t start for a few weeks yet.

Being asked about the eligible ladies on the ship, he graciously didn’t kill off either possibility because he honestly probably doesn’t know, hence the “who knows” part. (And really, who does other than H&K?)

It seems like he was really being led to ask questions specifically about Regina & Emma and he was kind about it and didn’t throw off either because he doesn’t know (so as much as I love the wording of “while he’s waiting for Emma” that still doesn’t give us ANYTHING concrete).

I hate leading questions and I hate the commentary in between the actual quotes which were more than likely in answer to very leading questions. The man doesn’t know anything yet and in past interviews he’s always tried (emphasis on *tried*) to play coy and say he doesn’t know anything but as soon as he’s asked about Emma he gets this little look on his face (his “maybe” is never very convincing at hiding anything) but even that isn’t 100% guaranteeing anything in the future because he only knew stuff he filmed already.

I think he graciously answered a horrible question in regards to stuff he just doesn’t officially know so I will take it with a grain of salt and focus on the fact that he pretty much thinks that if Hook does for whatever reason go after Regina, it will apparently be because Emma is still suffering from Neal being “dead” and that Hook would only be in a fling with Regina “while waiting for Emma.”

Especially considering the leading thing of “Given that Emma is currently reeling from the loss of Neal” – which is subjective critique on the writers’ part in this case – it could be, we’ve seen her clearly upset and we know they’ve said that SF still have feelings for each other, but the only thing we’ve heard out of her (SO FAR, I’m sure we’ll get more insight into her thinking next season at the start especially) is that she was worried about Henry losing his father. We will get more later but with a leading question like “Given that Emma is currently reeling from the loss of Neal…” how the heck else is Colin of all people supposed to answer a question like that??

Nothing of this particular inquiry holds any weight to what the future actually holds (and it kinda bugs me that it’s considered to be spoilers by them because really, we know they’re all on a ship and it doesn’t say anything will happen between any of them, just that there are 2 eligible women on board *smacks forehead* and is just to stir people up. Now all I’m seeing everywhere is people freaking out and taking it as gospel and either shrieking with joy or crying buckets. I know he means well, I just think these quotes are being taken way too seriously and way out of context due to the commentary in between that sounds like they were leading him into the only answer he really can give. What could he possibly have said? Eww Regina? He could have questioned it based on their history but he’d still have ended up saying “who knows” because he just…doesn’t.

Poor thing is getting all kinds of horrible nicknames now about trolling and I don’t think he was trying to at all. If anything, it was a poorly crafted interview and he was trying to NOT give anything away if he does have any idea. If you look at the videos from PaleyFest when he was asked if Hook could change for a woman he was all “maybe” but had this huge guilty grin on his face that wasn’t remotely convincing that Hook wouldn’t do something to change for a woman (he came back after looking at the bean AND the scratch marks, not just one or the other – both must be acknowledged).

So…I will chalk this whole thing up to shoddy “journalism” and somebody trying to create a story where there isn’t one at this time. If they did this once filming started and asked about what it was like for Hook to have 2 eligible ladies on the boat with him, he may have entirely different answers and/or continued to try not to give anything away and not just shoot down any options, especially when they have no knowledge of anything. It would be awful of an actor to say there’s no way something couldn’t happen and then have them look like liars when that exact thing does.

I really respected the (much better handled) MRJ interview from SSTTR where he answered a question with what he thought but specifically said “I don’t want to paint the writers into a corner” – it’s an actors job to act the part they’re given the way they’re told to do it. Their opinion could be vastly different from what we see on screen and Colin is pretty good about saying that various ideas would be interesting rather than boxing Hook into a corner. It can be frustrating (especially to CS fans…) but it’s also one of the only choices he has: to not rule anything out when he has no knowledge to do so and/or give anything away.

It’s one of the reasons H&K NEVER say who won’t be paired together because it narrows down the options which means once they STOP saying no to something, it’s more viable. It alienates fans and upsets people as well as takes away part of the surprise.

I adore Colin and I’m sure he wasn’t trying to rile anybody at all or give unnecessary hope / dash hopes etc. He just doesn’t know anything and with the questions that were seemingly asked I don’t really see how else he could have answered them. =/

Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.

[MysteryKat25]

Just found this in the comment section of the article from the guy who wrote it:

Seriously. Since many are determined to parse words to a dizzying degree and take the fun out of everything, here is full disclosure: I asked Colin about Hook’s romantic options given how the season ended — him on the boat there with Regina and Emma. He said he wasn’t sure. I then cued him with the fact that Emma will probably be licking her emotional/romantic wounds, so maybe Hook will in the meantime pursue Regina. He basically echoed that idea. No fiendish twirling of the mustache by the actor who was speaking from his character’s mindset.

Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.

[RumplesGirl]

Yup. I was just passing along the spoiler, as I do. But that’s why I wrote underneath a reminder that ALL our actors and writers are going to play EVERYTHING close to the vest right now.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[MysteryKat25]

@RumplesGirl wrote:

Yup. I was just passing along the spoiler, as I do. But that’s why I wrote underneath a reminder that ALL our actors and writers are going to play EVERYTHING close to the vest right now.

Much appreciated. I saw people freaking out in other places and had no idea what they were even reacting to!

Glad I found that comment from him (after my long rant….) but that it basically echoed what I was saying about how to really read the interview. I get just as excited as everybody else about what people say but it all really needs to be taken with a grain of salt because of who it is, what they may or may not know, and how the article is framed.

I’ve seen too many “articles” lately that throw more of their personal opinion into what is told than the quotes themselves do and they rarely match up with what is supposedly *confirmed* in their minds vs what was actually said (which leads to others have to defend it later on…poor Adam gets so much hate for no reason!)

Leading the witness is wrong for a reason and I know people need stories but he clearly was trying to say here’s how I see things, what’s your reaction to this idea? rather than what is your opinion on the Emma situation (which is what the original question really was so it was very misleading on that part). I hope if he didn’t realize it before that he does now just how rabid the OUAT fanbase is and that we DO take apart absolutely everything! (And with good reason!)

It’s one of the only issues I have with the official podcast because I feel like the questions chosen by the interviewer are very skewed and it rarely gives them a chance to delve into other stuff that fans are equally as passionate about. Many times they’ve had to take the question down a meandering path to get it where they want it to be for an answer because it’s so blatantly skewed. (Hoping next season will be a bit more balanced…)

It just goes to show how an interviewer’s questions can lead to certain answers whether that’s what people really want out there or not. I doubt if he had asked Colin about the future for Hook and Emma that his response would have been a fling with Regina…it came out of left field (which is what I think threw people) but Matt said himself that he was leading him down that path. *shakes fist* Stop with the shoddily done interviews and just give us their words and the exact questions leading to those words so we have something to work with!

Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.

[RumplesGirl]

Matt’s job (and the job of any spoiler writer) to create buzz for their website. A “you heard it hear first, folks!” kind of mentality, and that often requires leading the interviewee down a path that you know will titillate your audience. I adore the entire TVLine staff, you can tell they just really love TV, but they do have a website to promote.

But–whether you’re jumping for joy over this little tidbit or banging your head against a wall just remember–it’s very unlikely that Colin or JMo or ANYONE AT THIS POINT WHO IS NOT A AND E have any idea what is going to happen next.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[Phee]

People were abusing Colin for casual remarks made in an interview? What is wrong with people? *baffled* 😕

[RumplesGirl]

@Phee wrote:

People were abusing Colin for casual remarks made in an interview? What is wrong with people? *baffled* 😕

Yeah, I eventually had to get off that page because of the lunacy that was happening. Kat and I were talking about it last night on Twitter and we were just as baffled as you.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[Demileto]

@Phee wrote:

People were abusing Colin for casual remarks made in an interview? What is wrong with people? *baffled* 😕

That’s why I have come to hate love triangles, it always breeds bad blood among the fandom. Look how it was so easy and lighthearted to discuss ships in OUAT in season 1 and how we now have to tread very carefully when doing so beginning with season 2 as far as Hook/Emma/Neal triangle is concerned.

Regardless of who wins and loses this battle, I hope the writers don’t drag this until the end of the show.

[MysteryKat25]

@Demileto wrote:

@Phee wrote:

People were abusing Colin for casual remarks made in an interview? What is wrong with people? *baffled* 😕

That’s why I have come to hate love triangles, it always breeds bad blood among the fandom. Look how it was so easy and lighthearted to discuss ships in OUAT in season 1 and how we now have to tread very carefully when doing so beginning with season 2 as far as Hook/Emma/Neal triangle is concerned.

Regardless of who wins and loses this battle, I hope the writers don’t drag this until the end of the show.

Agreed. How people were twisting Colin’s words to that degree I still can’t begin to wrap my head around. It got reallllly ridiculous last night. I didn’t even read the comment section on that article but people were blasting the tags on tumblr and it seemed like they were ready to get a mob together with pitchforks, calling that remark every name in the book and then some (some people really need to have dictionaries thrown at them, I swear). He was pushed into agreeing with the interview by a very bad leading question and answered it by saying that it was a possibility (however unlikely) and people just went NUTS.

I hope it doesn’t drag out too long either. I’m already bracing myself for S3 and trying to figure out how to keep enjoying stuff when so many will be sure to try and make me feel awful for doing so. (Season 2 was bad enough being constantly told how awful I was supposed to find absolutely everything). This is the first time I’ve really been into online fandoms and last season was great. Now that we have the triangle things are getting UGLY but that’s no excuse to be so downright cruel to the ACTOR (or anybody else for that matter – hate characters / storylines all you want but just….ugh that made me so mad).

Sadly I don’t see it going away even if they do spell out Emma’s choice as true love just because people will be upset, wanting to hold out hope, and storming whoever says there isn’t any. I get being upset about which way a triangle goes but it shouldn’t deter from overall enjoyment of the show and it definitely should not include attacking people involved in making said show.

Adam gets enough hate as it is (and he’s certainly getting at least some from EvilRegals right now…) but Colin is fairly new to all the twitter stuff and was just celebrating hitting 50k and now this. I hope the continued ridiculously doesn’t deter any of the cast from interacting with fans on there. The guy was sweet enough to wake up super early in Ireland to do a live-tweet of a show he couldn’t even see the feed for! Give him a break already, the comment wasn’t that bad! >.<

Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.

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