Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-34063980-20171225115421/@comment-25926288-20171225124204

Fans are free to ship whoever they please; however, no ship or perception of a ship supersedes canon and what the writers have intended for character-character relationships.

I liken the description that (just an example): Captain Swan doesn’t exist in the show, but Hook and Emma’s relationship does. This just means that however we as fans perceive them is not the same as how the writing intends for them to be perceived and what the writers perceive.

On the writing standpoint, the writers shouldn’t have too many similar characters and character romances as I’m sure most fans can agree that they repeat a lot of story elements (coughDarkCursecough) and that’s sufficient.

But then again, I do t engage in ships and OTPs too much.