Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24892318-20140523071906/@comment-24892318-20140524050220

Emma has been searching for a home her whole life. She went from one foster home to another. She was betrayed by the first man she fell in love with. She wasn't used to people putting her first. Her default was to run when things got uncomfortable. Her walls were up.

Hook was leading the carefree existence of a pirate's life with his first love was ripped from him. From that moment on, he was consumed with the desire for revenge. He was finally able to let go of it when he thought Bae was killed. He was determined to redeem himself in NL. When Emma kissed him, he realized she was the one. Everything he did from there on out, he did for Emma. When he lost her to the curse, he tried to return to his old life. But in betraying Ariel, he betrayed himself. Then he gave up the thing he loved most to get back to Emma.

When Hook kisses Emma in NYC, he knows she's the one but Emma hasn't accepted it yet. It wasn't until they went on their journey and she finally accepted SB as her home that things started to crack open. Then she realizes that Hook brought her home twice. And when she finds out he traded the Jolly Roger for her, that he put her first, everthing slid into place. At this moment, they've finally found True Love.