Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-10663213-20180306175318/@comment-1867880-20180331185705

FrancisPaul wrote: Aine1989 wrote: It's strange seeing people who hated OG Killian love WHook.

Almost like their only issue with him was that he was in the way of their ship..... If you feel that shipping has anything to do with people (dis)liking Hook's charcter, that's just further proof that, weren't for shipping, Hook himself would have no purpose in the show after the Neverland arc aka 3A.

I, for one, am extremely glad that S7 is a thing because it gave me a chance to appreciate Colin's work and notice the good of an actor that he actually is. While OG Hook was my least favorite character and meant nothing to me, I could only pay attention to Colin now that he is Nook and acutally does something worth watching (that's my opinion,don't mean to offend OG Hook's fans).

That all said, regardless of me being a Swanfire shipper, I believe that CS became more important than Hook himself or Emma herself, which made both Hook and Emma less interesting to me as the show progressed. With Nook, Colin was given a fresh opportunity to shine, and my, did he shine! I thought he was better before. Rogers is a fine character, but I see him as nothing more than a pale imitation of the original. He's still my favorite, but that's not saying much since the characters this season are relatively dull. And sure, without his relationship with Emma Hook's character would probably serve no purpose after season three. But what is wrong with that? If it weren't for their friendship with Harry, Ron and Hermione would have served no purpose in Harry Potter, yet they're still considered important characters by most people. How is this any different?

Lastly, I simply disagree with that final paragraph, since Emma and Hook's character arcs have always been about than just each other. Hook's character might not have mattered had he not ended up with Emma, but after he did his character did matter. If Emma had died, Hook was still Henry's stepfather. In my opinion, Hook had been a better father to Henry than any of his other father figures (and this includes his birth father).

(And I realize that was your opinion, and I respect that. I just wanted to share my viewpoint. Hook and Emma are tied as my favorite character, and I felt a desire to defend them.)