Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24892318-20140606234443/@comment-24898439-20140607122607

I don't think it is that ridiculous when one looks at it from the point of view of the structure of the over-all narrative, which is more than anything else a fault of the writers. The overal narrative arc is that if a guy just keeps hoping long enough and makes a big enough sacrifice, he will get the girl. This makes the girl a prize and to some degree objectifies her. So, while I don't think the character is meant to come off that way, nonetheless the structure of the narrative does have negative implications. I guess another way of thinking about it would be to think about how we would judge the situation if the genders of the participants were reversed. What would we think if it was Emma pursuing Hook in exactly the way he pursued her?