Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151211170125/@comment-26159109-20160122161333

Ray Donovan wrote: Fareb. I absolulety agree. The only thing I disagree is that Hook/Emma is actually good for ratings. CS has never contributed positively for ratings. The type of audience that liked the show about season 1 Emma being strong (despite retroactive narrative, Emma was not broken and needed to be fixed by a man) do not like or interested in the cliche bad boy being redeem by good girl trope.

But yes, it is unfortunate that they had to reduce Emma to skeevy Hook levels to make her compatiable with Hook. I think the writers did their characters a disservice to not have people (Emma or Robin) to find out unsavory things about their partners (like Robin knowing Regina's murder of Marian. They think that confronting those type of issues will cause not make the relationship work.

That is why Emma never finds out Hook's shady dealings behind their back. That is why the writers said that they cut the scene when Emma found out Regina killed Graham because they thought it will not work to build a friendship between them. That is why we never have any authenticate conversations between Emma and Hook. Blackmail, murder is always swept to the aside, forgiven in two minutes, or never discussed in the first place.

I loved OUAT but if I have known the show was going to turn into women not having value unless they have a manly men in their loves where it trumps their familial relationships, I would have never bother. I watched because I wanted a true twist of a modern fairytale. Now the show is only modern in that we see fairytale characters using cell phones. 1. I don't know if CS is actually good for ratings or not, but I do know that abc and/or A&E think it is. Keep in mind that the audience has changed from season 1 and got less mature.

2. I agree that they avoid their characters confronting each other or themselves, which is really a shame because that is the source of great drama, but them we won't have time having them chase a mushroom or other magical plot devices.

3. The thing that I don't get is if they "planned" on redeeming Regina or making Hook Emma's love interest, why then they show them doing those irredeemable acts like raping Graham or beating Belle and torturing Archie...