Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-16953943-20140727024837/@comment-16953943-20140727041712

WinterWoodsGal wrote:

Shadows Vale wrote: A lot of people seem to be excited at the idea of Emma and Hook being offically together in Season 4. Does anyone else feel as though they won't last the entire season?

Emma didn't come to him until she was in an emotionally vulnerable state of mind. She thought she had watched her mother die, and thought she was going to die as well. Hook knew that and took advantage of the situation. He told her he traded his ship for her, knowing that in her emotional state, she'd cave. And she fell for it. I don't believe he traded his ship for her at all, and I wouldn't be surprised if we find that out this season.

I think the writers have even hinted that they are not each other's "true loves". True loves kiss fixes curses on this show, yet the curse that caused Emma not to remember Storybrooke/Enchanted Forest was not fixed by Hook kissing Emma. Instead, he had to rely on the potion he was given to restore her memories.

I personally don't think Emma really needs a true love right now anyway. She needs time to embrace her family first before embracing romance. The kiss hook gave Emma didn't work for the same reason Charming's kiss didn't work when snow had the forgetting potion.

And why is that? Emma's memory loss was the result of a curse, not a potion. Curses are broken with true love's kiss, as has been shown several times. Potions don't factor into that.