Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26785424-20151013025944/@comment-25926288-20151030151227

Ray Donovan wrote: @Eskaver

That is because Hook is a redundant cheap character to Regina. He is a brunet, he witnessed his first love murdered in front of his eyes, and he sought revenge. He is basically a recycled character that seriously overstayed on the show.

I absolutely agree it comes down to very bad writing. It just sucks that Hook is completely whitewashed and most people don't even question whether he is a villain any longer, where as people are more willing to point out Regina's fault. I just boiled that down to the show's sexism. I loved Hook in season 2 but the show seriously went down hill from there. Well, there are things such as foils and alternatives, so it's perfectly fine that Hook is fairly similar, but he has his differences.

I wouldn't say sexism, but a misconstrued "strong female"ism. Hook isn't whitewashed, much more than Regina in show. The only one that gets no slack is Rumple, even getting called evil by the creators last season, but even he can't escape bad writing. When i say bad, I don't mean poor writng, but just that it's not doing what they think it's doing.

I would ignore fans because some irrationally hate and love characters without not taking a subjective look at the character. Hook (on show) questions his heroism and doubts it. Regina doesn't doubt her heroism which kind of makes it annoying. Hook displays more self-awareness, but is usually the one caught in his impulsiveness. Regina is the opposite. The show doesn't favor one over the other in my opinion. It's the fans that do so and sometimes it really gets to you. I can get on a CS forum board and they fawn over evry little thing Hook does. I can get on a SQ board and they fawn over evry Regina thing and despise the male love interests. I can get on a RB board and they critique both Regina and Hook, but usually they even question Rumple, but get wooby after one sad scene.I don't know of any OQ boards, lol.

But there's that. Hook isn't a bad character, but he has a hard time getting out of that bad boy gets the good girl and has a heart of gold cliche that gets recycled time and time again.

The show isn't sexist, just weaker males that try to exude strength and strong females that often have times of weakness.