Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-16953943-20140727024837/@comment-16953943-20140729171206

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Shadows Vale wrote:

And like I said, weather or not Hook is Emma's true love, she's just now learning to accept her family and let them in. The writers really need to give her time for that before really starting anything between her and Hook. I disagree, because Emma can never have a normal relationship with her family. Her parents are the same biological age, as her. At the end of the day, David and Mary Margaret can only be Emma's friends. Plus, she is bound to be jealous of her baby brother. For those reasons, Emma will need someone to talk to, and who will support her. Throughout Season 3, that someone was Hook.... and he will continue to be.

Never said anything about her having a "normal" relationship with them. But that doesn't mean she doesn't need time to connect with them and let them into her heart. They may not be able to be her parents, but something like cousins would still be family. I don't see a grown woman becoming jelous of her infant brother. (esp since she knows what it's like to give up a child you wished you could have kept) I think if anything, she'll get to help with baby Neal and that can help her feel even more bonded with Snow and Charming. She's included, just like a big sister would be even as a child.

Her relationship with Hook wouldn't bother me so much if it wasn't for the fact the writers keep having him say/do things that are manipulative. No matter how many times she told him she wasn't interested, he insisted on finding a way to "make" her love him. That's not the grounds for a good or healthy relationship.

I also want to note something else (it has to do with comic con of this year.......fair warning for potential spoilers)

At comic con the other day, the writers mentioned how Robin was Regina's soulmate, but when a fan asked about Emma's true love, the writers and even Jennifer herself were vauge and woudn't confirm or deny Hook being her true love. Explain to me why confirm the soulmate/true love of Regina, a fan favorite, but not the soulmate/true love of Emma, a fan favorite. Seems like to me they don't want to confirm it because it's not true. They don't plan on Hook being it, or they don't know for sure who they want to be Emma's endgame. With Emma being the main character it makes sense not to have her happy ending until the end of the series. It's no big deal to reveal Regina's soulmate/true love because she's not the main character.