Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151211170125/@comment-24894791-20151216220031

Honestly, I just don't like either of these characters, and them being together only makes it worse. Hook is the oh too cliched suave badass with a hard past, there is literally nothing else distinguishable from his character. Emma too, and she has her "walls", which was tolerable in S1, but now it's aggravating. Her family will clearly do anything for her, and she still keeps them at arms length. It's dumb.

These two are the blandest of bland. At least with Neal, they had chemistry and he was willing to sacrifice everything for her. With the amount of screentime they waste on these two, they could be fleshing out other characters and giving the other "main" characters storylines. Like, oh, I don't know, Belle and Henry. Those two characters, whenever they get storylines, nearly always wind up in service of other characters. Neverland, it focused more on the characters trying to save Henry.

Hook, I think, is mainly liked for his looks, which is not why you should like a character. I also agree the show is valuing romantic love too highly. Yes, it's great and some ships have it done really well (Snowing) but familial love shouldn't be undervalued. Which it is. Regina basically says she doesn't have a happy ending without Robin, and Emma without Hook, Gold seems to be the one character who values family as much as romance. Which doesn't fit with the show.

And if they resurrect Hook, which would clearly be fanservice, I will lose all but a sliver of respect for the show. S1 one to S3 will always be the golden age of Once Upon a Time for me.