Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151211170125/@comment-28162607-20170516222229

Eskaver wrote: Now, I'm not coming from some angle to bash them into oblivion. I think there are pros and cons with their relationship. It's just that Hook indirectly drags Emma down (at times). It's not to say he doesn't try hard for her. To do a brief aside, it's like Rumple and Belle. Belle does only positive things for Rumple and his nature, while Rumple only really drags Belle down. Rumple supports her, offers some encouragement every now and again, but she's been knocked down a couple of points. Same wtih Robin and Regina, etc. (Likely due to the character dynamics between Emma, Regina, Rumple, and their props.) Okay but here's the thing; he doesn't. Again, Emma made a single mistake, in the heat of the moment, that I think any other character would have done the same thing for. And she (massively) paid the price for her mistake and still remained to the end, brave and selfless.

RumBelle is on a different level. It is nothing like CS (you could actually do an anti parallel of the two). As is OQ for that matter.