Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151211170125/@comment-25926288-20160122193838

Think of it as hindsight, Farerb. Chances are they didn't know Regina would be quite popular so they likely didn't plan for her redemption to start as soon as it did. Likewise with developing pretty much Belle, Hook, etc.

Anyhow, I would easily disagree with the post in part because Hook didn't really do that to Emma. It's more of a "Charming" problem that the writers developed. Remember how Snow stuck up for the little people Regina tryannized? Well, now since season 3b and onwards she only cares about herself and her circle of friends. Same with Emma.

Real part is look how they all threat Belle. Belle was someone who was rougjy there for several seasons and she's not given a care. When Belle asks for help, they just dismiss her and never notice if she isn't there. But that's a separate issue.

I'll say that Hook-Emma is likely for the Teen demo as hilariously on IMDB or Hulu had Once under the Teen genre.