Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26901329-20150810193218/@comment-24674051-20150812170530

I totally agree. They have been building Hook and Emma since Hook first appeared. Granted, Hook is a sort of swashbuckling womanizer (what would you expect), but he set his sights on Emma when they first climbed up the Beanstalk.

By Season 3, in Neverland, Emma had let her guard down enough to flirt back (before they found out Neal was Alive). Also, Hook telling them about Neal, and saving David's life from the Dreamshade poison, actually helped Emma's opinion of Hook. Hook is not only trying to win Emma (which he has done by the End of Season 3), but also working on gaining the Family's approval. (Which we see in Neverland, Frozen, and QOD arcs as he starts to bond with David). We'll have to see where they take the relationship this year, but I can see more Killian and David working together to save Emma from the Darkness.

Whatever you may think of the relationship, it is at least not forced they way OutlawQueen is. It actually feels more natural, with all of the expected bumps along the way.