Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20161205084124/@comment-25926288-20161231135234

To be consistent and fair, Hook was not the only person who was likeable in this arc. Snow, David, and Henry were pretty much just as likeable with roughly equivalent screentime as well. (If anyone thinks Henry was unlikeable during this season, then they truly must want him replaced with a cardboard cutout. People can be at conflict and still be likeable.) I can't agree with the idea that Henry spending time with a girl he likes (and his only known friend) is wasting time. IF that's wasting time, then he'd have little to no screentime so far. Also, EQ never said anything about people being unfair. I think season 4 must be bleeding over, but EQ was pretty self-aware and just spouting monologues of her villainous ideas.

I can't argue opinion, but I wouldn't simplify everyone's "storylines" and somehow give Hook (who's better than he was in season 5) credit when he has had less screentime and like one mode of existence since: "I'm a decent guy and an aimless, love puppy".

On the aspect of Savior mythos, nothing contradicts season 1. At best, it contradicts season 2, but everything since season 3b changed whatever season 2 was going for. Season 1 was simply "Emma is the product of True Love and will break the curse". Season 2 added and continued the belief that she has magic because of True Love and eventually the idea of "returning" happy endings, extended far beyond the curse. So, everything from 3b onwards is pretty much consistent and not a big jump from season 1.