Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5521796-20130130052521/@comment-6195464-20130306204207

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Why are you guys even fight over this? This is how shipping wars start. You can quote me right now as saying, I don't care about shipping XD I think it's ridiculous. The writers are in charge of what happens, and nothing anyone says can (or at least should) alter that - What I care about is -writing- and good writing, at that. When the writers show signs of catering to, or being influenced by shippers, the show loses it's appeal. I would be incredibly disappointed if all the sudden Hook and Emma became an item, because of shippers.

As far as the writing goes, the only relationship that makes sense - if there IS going to be one (and believe me, I'm okay with Emma being single, as well) is her and Neal ... over time, after they have both worked through their issues and healed.

Like I said - my issue is, I want to know where the Hook/Emma pairing makes any sense in terms of the story, in terms of characters and in terms of -past- episodes. Aside from a VERY brief momen in Tallahassee where they seemed to have ONE thing in common (their lost loves), I see no indication whatsoever that there's a relationship there. It's up there with Emma and Jefferson, or Emma and Regina - it's making something out of a great big nothing, and I don't get how so many people think it's canon.

I undestand that it was mentioned at Paleyfest- but has it been considered that those who were talking about it were doing it with the strict intentions of playing along with people?