Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27023843-20170719114129/@comment-28162607-20170806141939

Daviddv0601 wrote: Aine1989 wrote: Daviddv0601 wrote: This version of Hook is nowhere close to the original. Someone else on this trend made a perfectly good point. The whole point of Once Upon a Time is the fact that these Fairy Tales characters are not supposed to be like the original. Captain Hook is not supposed to be this Jack Sparrow love machine who wears only black and no red coat at all. He is supposed to wear the hook on his right hand, and have long hair. He is supposed to be a ruthless monster, something that even sirens would fear. OUAT's Captain Hook also doesn't have any vendetta towards Peter Pan, who is supposed to have cut off Hook's hand and curse his life as a crocodile's meal. I agree that Disney's Captain Hook is definitely not a perfect adaption of the character, since he is even revealed to be a comic relief by Walt himself. He is actually not even supposed to be childish. The only time Barrie's version of Hook becomes cowardly is when the crocodile is near. It is revealed the Disney's Captain Hook was going to be a dark villain but Walt said no, as that version of Hook would frighten the children. The 2003 version of Hook is the closest version to the original. Not completely accurate but still the closest. OUAT's Hook is not the most accurate version of Hook. Whoever said that ust has a crush on the character and refuses to accept the truth. Did you even read the meta I put in, which has actual quotes from the book?

And if you hate Hook because he differs slightly from his source material (but not completely) you must also be angry that:

-The Beast is not a cursed Prince with a secretly good heart but a power hungry sociopath

-Rumeplstilskin has a son

-Cinderella did not have a fairy godmother

-Snow White is not a dainty princess, but a bandit

-Red Riding Hood is the wolf

-Hansel and Gretel were hired by the Evil Queen

-The Magic Mirror is a genie, who was enslaved by the Evil Queen

-There were eight dwarves

And this is just from season 1.

If you dislike Hook fine, but this is an irrational arguemnt. If you did not want to watch classic stories being retold in a new way, you should not have watched this show.

You also contradicted yourself there. You admitted that the point of Once is to twist classic stories and yet you continue to comaplain that Once did just that.

And another excellent use of misogyny. Because of course, a woman who likes a man in any way must have a crush on him. Not like us womens have brains or anything. We are all walking vaginas who are driven by our hormones. Now you're calling me a hater all because I am right? If Once's Hook is really the most accurate version of Captain Hook in the original story, then prove it. Get proof and compare all the similarities with the source material. Captain Hook, the original version, is one of my favourite villains of all time. I just noticed that you say that this version of Hook is the most accurate and I believe you say that because you can't accept the fact that people say he is not accurate and you obviously have a crush on the character. I just did. I provided you with a link to a meta that had quotes from the book comparing him to Once's Hook. You dismissed it in a misogynistic manner. Just like you did there now. I do not have a crush on Killian. Because I am AROMANTIC AND ASEXUAL. I am 'not sexually or romantically interested in men. 'Instead of making heteronormative, sexist attacks, how about you come up with an actual argument?

People  (who are fans of the original book) have also said he is accurate. And provided proof to back it up. But let me guess-their opinion does not count because they are women and so must be attracted to Hook, right? [|But here] the opinion of a straight man. Maybe you will repsect him.

And  I ask for the third time; why does Hook not being 100% accurate to his source material bother you but nothing else does? Why did you watch the show in the first place if you don't like twists on classic stories?

I feel this thread should be closed if the OP will not listen to others and instead continue to dismiss other people's points (which were backed up with evidence) in a hurtful manner. In addition to the fact that this issue is kind of dumb to begin with given that twisting classic stories is the entire presmise of the show