Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151211170125/@comment-26159109-20151212051348

CTrent29 wrote: What I find annoying is that most people are stating that Hook is bad for Emma. Frankly, I think it is the opposite. She has poisoned their relationship more often than he ever had. She was the one who maintained an emotional distance from him, despite his feelings for her. She was the one who betrayed him in the giants' realm. She was the one who resorted to physical abuse to interrogate him, when he was in the hospital during mid-Season 2. She was the one who ignored his good advice to resist changing the timeline in order to save Marian. She was the one who transformed him into a Dark One against his wishes.  Hook didn't make her that selfish. Emma embraced her selfishness all on her own.

Hook might not be a perfect person. Neither is Emma. But she has tainted their relationship a hell of a lot more than he has. And I find it incredible that he was willing to reject his plan to kill the others and hurt Emma, because he saw Nimue choking her. I think he forgave her too soon.

And I cannot stand that so many fans want to condemn Hook and pretend that he is the negative aspect of their relationship, because they cannot accept the depth of Emma's flawed character. That is just pathetic to me. Half of those things you listed happened when they weren't together and I completely understood Emma in those situations.

It just means that Hook knew very well who he's getting into bed with and Hook shouldn't have expected her to change for him.

I agree that I never understood what he found in her as much as I don't understand what she found in him. This relationship is forced like Regina and Robin's.