Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151130132802/@comment-6175354-20151130160726

CTrent29 wrote: This thread sounds like a convoluted excuse for Emma's own actions.

First of all, no one on this show is wholeheartedly good. No one. Not even Henry, who has proven to be a first-rate manipulator.

I don't care whether or not Hook is capable of being a monster. I know he is. This show has openly pointed this out on many occasions. Even he has openly admitted that he is capable of being a monster. Big deal.

The problem is Emma Swan. No matter how many crimes or mistakes she has made, both the show's writers and the fans keep coming up with convoluted ways to excuse her behavior or pretend that she is not as bad as the others. The thing is that this whole mess would not have happened if Emma had heeded Hook's wishes and allowed to die after trying to save the others from Arthur. Instead, she selfishly coerced him into becoming a Dark One, because she couldn't let go. Then she resorted to lies and every form of manipulation to hide what she had done and what Hook had done. I'm more disgusted with her than I am with Hook or even Arthur. Why? Because this show is unwilling to acknowledge how low Emma can really sink. I was disgusted with Henry's speech to Emma, because all he did was accuse her of playing the "lone wolf", instead of seeking help from the family. He deliberately ignored what she had done to both him and Violet in "Dreamcatcher" and what she had done to Hook. He deliberately ignored the fact that she nearly killed him when she called herself saving him from Cruella.

Hook is "shallowly good"? So what? Who isn't? Oh wait. . . we're supposed to believe that the precious Savior Emma is all good. . . even as "the Dark One". And this is one belief I cannot accept. You are 100% correct.... and I generally like Emma, as a character. Emma Swan was the only monster this season, and there is no excuse for any of her actions. She kept making the problem worse, by trying to fix it. Now, she will be forced to watch Hook become a human sacrifice, as price for her stupidity. All because, she refused to let him die in peace.