Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20160201202653/@comment-26159109-20160207214725

Eskaver wrote: ItachiIshtar wrote: Eskaver wrote: ItachiIshtar wrote: Shadows Vale wrote: Farerb wrote: This is another thing that interest in here. I see a lot of people who didn't like Neal so much, but would have rather have him instead of Hook as Emma's love interest, so my question is do you think it would have been the opposite if Neal stayed? That people would have  rathered have Hook instead? i would say no. The big reason Neal is missed as much as he is, is because of his history and connection to the core characters (Rumple's son, Henry's father)......Hook didn't have that. He was just a side character who wouldn't have been missed. You have a point about Neal's connection to the core characters, but to outright say that Hook wouldn't have been missed? Whether you love him or hate him, you can't deny how large of a fanbase the character has. Yes he certainly has a lot of haters, but he has just as many who are fans, if not more. That's something that can't be ignored. Story-wise, fans liking and disliking doesn't matter. Marketing-wise, it does. Story-wise, Hook was simply in Rumple and Emma's story. Neal was in Rumple's, Emma's and Henry's story. Neal was among the premise of the show, those being Snow vs EQ, Rumple finding his son, and Emma's destiny as the Savior. Yeah, I get that. Was just pointing out that the way Shadow said "wouldn't have been missed", implied that the viewers wouldn't have missed him, which ties into the fans liking and disliking. Well, yeah, I would say that Hook wouldn't have been missed as much as Neal to be a little more correct. Hilarious that I never relaly liked either of them. Imagine being me in the start of Hook vs Neal in season 3a when they were acting like fools.

Hook would have been missed just as much as Ruby, his story was over (yes Hook's revenge was resolved in season 2 until they decided to bring it back in season 4 AFTER a year not thinking about it) and then he was just there.

Neal fighting with Hook happened just in 307 and was completely OOC as well as Emma kissing him, which, in my opinion, are the weakest points in a relatively strong season.