Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24892318-20140616072617

Charming is not my favorite character. But there is some interesting stuff going on between him and Hook. There's a bunch if different angles to look at their relationship: rivals, mates, father and son-in-law. I think watching them evolve has been a lot of fun. And of course, I see some parallels between the two characters.

Both of them fell in love with strong, independent women who didn't fall at their feet. They both had to fight for TL. They both do whatever's necessary to make the woman they love happy and safe. They're both good with a sword. :)

We've seen them grow from rivals into dare I say, mates? At the end of S2, Charming wouldn't trust him to drive his truck, let alone date his daughter. But Hook showed him time and again that he could be trusted. He came back with the Jolly Roger and the magic bean. He saved his life on NL. He brought Emma back to Storybrooke. He took care of Henry. They worked together to bring down Zelena. I thought we lost him when he accuses Hook of lying about getting the message in NL in 3x19, but he turns it around in 3x20 when he tells Emma to chill out about Hook keeping Zelena's curse from her by telling her that he was just doing the best he could in a bad situation. When Emma storms out of Granny's in 3x21, check out the bro nod that Charming gives Hook when he says he'll go check on her. Hook gives it right back. Yup, mates. And now that Prince Charles and Princess Leia are in the book and Hook has brought Emma home, I think Hook has sealed the deal in the son-in-law department.

I do wonder, however, how Hook's responsibility in bringing Elsa back is going to affect his relationship not only with Charming, but all of SB. 