Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151211170125/@comment-26159109-20160229041955

CoolDudeAl wrote: I just find it funny how over the course of this discussion different people pointed out how both Emma and Hook had flaws before they were even together. Doesn't that alone prove that neither Emma or Hook are dragging each other down? They had issues to begin with, so maybe they are perfect for each other. XD  As far as a lot of the other things talked about on here, my response would be this: The vast majority of tv show dramas focus on ships, and children are mostly a non-entity. This is just how the shows work. People like love/sex. People find children boring. So the tv shows do what people like. And what has the most "drama". This is not a Once issue, this is a tv show drama issue. Lastly, I am also confused by the points some of you try to make. Emma and Regina shouldn't have or focus on a love interest? You do know like 95% of the population has or wants a romantic and/or sexual relationship? So I don't see Emma and Regina wanting one to be an issue. Similarly, exactly what scenes do you want to see with Roland, Baby Neal, and Baby Hood? Babies and young children are not that interesting. They eat, they sleep, they poop. Just because we don't have scenes of the characters playing with them in every episode, doesn't mean that it is not happening. It is just not interesting enough to be shown. And if they did show you, you all would be complaining that they wasted our time with a useless Mary Margaret or Regina doing baby talk to Neal or Baby Hood scene, when they could have been doing other things that are more interesting or important. Just something to think about. Finally, I would just like to say that I don't think any of the relationships on this show (or any other for that matter) are heathly to emulate. But that is part of the fun of watching. Seeing what happens with relationships that have flaws. Again, it goes back to what we are watching, a drama. It has to be dramatic. There is a different between characters having flaws and characters being OOC. presenting unhealthy relationship is fine, romanticizing one is not.