Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24271102-20150612100132/@comment-25926288-20160210184420

The main issue I find is that the show counterviews itself and issues a host of conflicting perspectives.

Snow (and David) shows so much interest in Emma and her happinees, yet they end up seeimg inactive often. They seem to take charge, but then get steamrolled and outdone by others. Belle wants to respect herselfm yet she comes running back in no time. Hook sees himself in a negative light, but Emma keeps assuring he's a hero. Rumple is complex, but then at times he's not. Regina wants to move beyond her past, then constantly brings it up through words or deeds.

Regina (the old black hole) and Hook (the new black hole) can greatly damage the show, but as I pointed out hopefully.....it's the writers. It may seem like some characters, like Rumple are bending over for Hook, but that's only partially true as the other part is that the writers have no clue what they want to do. In the writers'' mind, better make the best of a bad situation.