Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27138802-20151030150239/@comment-25926288-20151030160637

Well, it's a tad complex. They decided to have a LGBT couple because they have a fanbase that wants a LGBT couple. It's just not the one they want. They aren't going to chnage their plans for Emma and Hook or Regina just because fans won't accept the alternatives. They shouldn't.

Characters are only what they are presented to be. No, character is bisexual unless we are shown or told. Mostly told, because writing and directing/acting are two separate things.

I'll say that I don't like the Regina and Emma dynamic because it reeks of the same stuff the others reek of. And that is bad writing. It's the weird redemption thing they have going on. Now, if you asked me in season 2, I would have agreed, but now, not so much. i don't believe in their apparent friendship. I could see it being like it was in season 3 where it was close but hesitant and some lines in between them. Season 4 quashed that and made it seems like they were BFFs with massive betrayals and distress and it was exaggerated. It requires a deal of ignoring.

As much as I dsilike Regina hate trains, but she has tried to kill them all the way up until season 2. The show respresents men tal and psychological conditions as simple things. Regina is a sociopath with issues and a magic addiction. But back on topic, they have the characters cave in around Regina, as they tend to have them cave in around Hook.

Emma's friendship with Regina has rough patches here in there in the writing. Emma doesn't fight back that much and they never seem to get to have smaller conversations, but that's mostly the writers' need for constant action. As I said with charatcer development, Regina is devolving into a self-victimizing hypocrite that spouts one-liners, while Emma can't have organic issues.

But I'll take good characters over a romance any day of the week. As for most organic, Snow and Charming, lol.