Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26033121-20160211071708/@comment-25926288-20160211131852

Farerb wrote: Eskaver wrote: Farerb wrote: "Shipping wars" started in season 2, otherwise captain Hook wouldn't have turned into a love interest in season 3. The difference is that the writers didn't give in to that. Regina and Emma didn't have any romantic relationship with anyone in 108 - 311. The closest thing Emma had was Neal, but they weren't really together. Their motivation was always Henry, "If I had to choose someone, I choose Henry". In 3B, he was there to encourage and enable Emma and Hook (by Hook babysitting him when it's convenient cause there were times when nobody cared where Henry was. 3B main purpose was to pair Emma with Hook - Neal sudden death, Emma suddenly getting over it, Zelena's lips curse, 321/322 - it's all there. Emma going back to New York was to create more drama between Hook and Emma than with her parents and Henry. OQ was rushed and forced as well. I'm talking about in the show, with Neal vs Hook, and yes Emma choose Hen ry over both of them and even in 3b, she choose Henry (herself) over everyone else (at first). Henry didn't enable Emma and Hook, since he frankly wasn't himself and was a bit lost in the world. Emma didn't suddenly get over Neal's death and 3b was the stress how there's no place like home with those you love. So, no. You know how I feel about Hook and Emma, but that's just a skewed way of looking at the season.

OQ is soemthing everyone can agree on. In 317, Emma actually said " I'm done thinking about the past" refering to Neal's death, which happened 2 DAYS before that scene, she immedietly paired with a different guy after the guy which she claimed she has never stopped loving him for 11 YEARS died. They did a sleep curse that's entire goal was to create drama between her and Hook, the finale entire goal wad to pair Emma and Hook together even tjough it made much more sense for Regina to go after Emma after the latter left the dinner to scream at her "You will not take my son away from me", but it was Hook who went to her while Regina was making out with Robin, why? Because family is important or because of ships? Don't you know that actions speak louder than words? Emma felt Neal's death well until some point. Her saying that means little. Emma actually attmepted to resist Hook and was rather emotional during that time and 3x20 showed Emma pretty much tossing Hook and her family under the bus for her life in NY with just Henry. There was no sleeping curse.

The finale's goal was to do Hook and Emma, which I don't like the abruptness, but the finale was also Emma realizing what she has, her family (and Hook). The And Hook part I don't like but it's not like she forgot her family at that point.

Did they start to do love interest at the expense of others, yes, but it wasn't as bad as you paint it as.