Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151211170125/@comment-27885419-20161016100541

MoonlitShadowsoftheHumanSoul wrote: PrettyBlackRosePirate wrote: I don't see ur point, honestly...

Point A, Emma never hurt Henry for Hook (plz point out if I've missed something). When she broke his heart, it was to free Merlin and rid herself of darkness. It was one of the "darkness"-spurred action in which she looked at the "bigger picture" instead of how much she'll hurt her son. Her taking everyone's memories was not just to save Hook, but to save everyone from what Hook might potentially do. And if I may remind you, Emma asked Henry if he was okay with her being with Hook and it was Henry who had pushed her towards him (quite literally). It has been shown numerous times that Henry likes Killian and he's more than okay with them being together. Lack of Henry-Emma scenes in season 4 actually can be blamed more on Henry bcoz he was busy with Regina and Operation Mongoose.

Point B, I understand that the way Hook behaved in 5a was also not acceptable or likable. But guess what, he was evil scheming Dark Hook for like a total of 2 episodes! It's strange how quick everyone forgets the good. Back in Camelot, Hook supported her throughout, tried to drive away the darkness, make her happy, give her all the support she needed THROUGHOUT! When everyone from her parents to Regina were willing to use the dagger on her, he was the one who believed in her and let her make the decision. And yet, all you see is that in the last two episodes he acted like a complete jerk (that he did, I admit).

Point C, again Hook's behaviour, what he did was as the dark one. You want a demo of what happens when a person becomes a Dark One? See Rumple. The man who wanted nothing more than a happy family becomes the power-hungry git who throws away love repeatedly after he becomes the Dark One. Even Emma here, forgets her son's feelings and manipulates the situation to make her work easy. So when Hook, who already had a tendency for darkness, becomes Dark One quite against his wishes, especially when his nemesis was a Dark One, he is going to be more than a little pissed about it! That, plus Emma's lack of faith in him, plus the overexaggeration by Darkness. If we can forgive Rumple for centuries of crime, I think we can forgive Hook for his unsuccessful-at-his-own-hands scheme to kill everyone. I do hate him for what he did though, and I wish it was Emma who had died so that he would be left to sink in his pool of remorse.

Point D, it isn't as if Emma has never hurt Hook or brought any change in his life. He fell for her, and that changed everything (for the better, yes). Then he ran after her and she pushed him away again and again, hurting him numerous times. Didn't anyone else's life get affected bcoz they fell in love? As far as I can see, there were considerable changes in the lives of both people in each couple after falling in love... Why is that not acceptable when Emma falls in love? Here's something I'd like to point out: when Hook didn't know he was the Dark One, he didn't act different. He acted Hook. But the second she told him, he was just like "Oh, I'm the Dark One? Better kill your whole family". Like, in a matter of seconds, he just said screw it I'm evil again. These two are not TL. I can only give a theory on that. I think Darkness is a psychological issue. When you know you're the dark one, in a way you empower the Darkness by acknowledging it. You expect it to make its presence known, so it does. Its your own darkest thoughts, which normally might go directly into the mental trashbin, that manifest in form of the "guide" to being dark one. When you don't know you're the dark one, you don't expect the Darkness, and hence it doesn't visibly affect you.

Well, while you try to prove somehow that they're not true love, the show states they are. Its a useless argument.