Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11464223-20160522134756/@comment-25926288-20160528023228

Emilie de Baevin wrote:

Jernigan wrote:  Like, imagine how cool it would've been if EMMA had died in 5x11(it would even tie into Rumple's betrayal, since the Savior was his concept), with Hook going into the Underworld to save her? Yeah, personally I think having everyone go to the Underworld to save Emma would be a lot more believable than everyone saving Hook. She's the Charmings' daughter, Hook's girlfriend, Henry's mother, Regina's best friend, and Robin's... well, nothing, but eh. Meanwhile Hook's only strong tie was to Emma, so devoting an arc to everyone working to resurrect him feels more forced and just feeding in to Captain Swan/Hook fans. Don't get me wrong, I still love 5B and thought it turned out to be one of their greatest arcs, but I still have my reservations regarding that one aspect. I think in not too hard of thinking, the crew went to the UW because of Emma, to help and support her (terrible, terrible) plan to save Hook. It would be redundant to "save Emma" twice in a row. So, not saving Emma makes sense in that regard and  going for Emma's sake makes sense too. What doesn't is everyone having no problem with it and everytime Emma would rightly regret things, Snow and Regina were there telling her how good her idea was and how it was all fine.....which led to Emma's plan being terrible and causing unneccessary things (and Emma being right that she shouldn't have gone there). It's like the writers don't look at each others episodes or something XD