Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151211170125/@comment-25926288-20160615113627

PrettyBlackRosePirate wrote: As for everyone literally going to hell is concerned, the writers have themselves claimed that killing off Hook was just an 'excuse' to do an Underworld track. If you want a 'forced them' issue, Hook was 'forced' to die so that they could go to Underworld to bring him back. Landing them all in the Underworld was the motive, killing Hook was just the means to do that.

And if you again say that we're not to blame the writers but do the analysis in terms of characters, then I'll say you're being hypocritical. When it's the other characters, they're 'forced' by the writers. When it's Emma/Killian/their relationship, it's their decision solely. This is why I find some arguments more of desperate efforts. I'd say that there's an "in-show" answer and an "out-of-show" answer. If Snow and David do something stupid, then we can that action they partook as stupid. It's not often we go "Oh, that was a stupid action the writers had Snow and David partaking in." But the answer is both, to a degree.