Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5571357-20131216051805/@comment-11464223-20131216173958

Mtensmey wrote: BryantCabrera wrote:

3) I wonder why Hook got sent back to retrieve Emma and not Bae.  I'm thinking Bae got captured by the Wicked Witch from the promo :. That's a good theory. The show has still hasn't said how much of her real past Emma remembers. In the new reality she remembers, did she go to jail? Does she remember Neal at all? If so, having Neal come back could complicate things as she would only remember him as her babydaddy that set her up and sent her to jail. They might have thought that Hook, as a complete stranger, would have a better chance of bringing Emma around. She remembers everything but Storybrooke, that was clear I believe. She would remember Neal, which is probably why he didn't leave with her in her car: She'd have forgotten everything since before they ran into each other again, so to her it'd be like he just appeared in the car. That wouldn't end well.

I imagine the same thing would happen, like you said, if they sent Neal back. It wouldn't have the best chance of going well. However, if it were me, I wouldn't have sent Hook, either, because he has a strong bias. I would've sent someone who didn't know Emma too too well, and could hold back their feelings and work things better, kind of like August did the first time around.

Might not be a bad way to introduce a new character O.o

HOWEVER. Everything I've said up to this point is assuming that there is a "they" that chose to send someone back. I personally don't think so. Based on when Hook appears again, I think he found his way to the LWM of his own accord to help Emma because her parents are in trouble. He may have let people know but I don't think there's a "they" that sat down and said, "OK, who is it going to be?"

On the other hand of as far as it being Hook and not someone else, if Hook is Emma's true love, and he manages to make her fall for him, and they share a kiss, it being Hook instead of someone else has the advantage of potentially bypassing having to pull an August to make Emma believe again, and her just getting her memories back because true loves' kiss can break any Curse.

My personal opinion though, is that they should never give Emma a true love. That should be left open. Snow and Charming are true loves, Belle and Rumple, Robin and Regina, great great. With Emma though, I just feel it would be better if the show never clarified who hers was.

So, yeah. That's that.