I was an Angel, living in the Garden of Evil
Эта девушка неплохо выразила суть большей части моих претензий. В этом есть смысл, есть задор, есть искра. Два человека, проповедующую одну религию, идущие к одним и тем же целям, но разными путями. Которые не переносили друг друга в силу разных причин, но случайно влюбились ой, как это отдает СК. Дайте не просто историю пошловатого пирата, который приударивал за Эммой, отпуская постельные шутки, от которых она только глаза закатывала, да и разливался о себе, потом неумело примерил белый плащик и вынудил ее пойти на эти отношения, а что-то куда более интересное, острое, неожиданное.
I don’t hate Hook or the actor that plays him. Mostly, I absolutely LOATHE what they’ve done with the character. Writing choices that are essentially seeing paths that are interesting/intriguing/unique and running in the opposite direction at every turn. Because ‘lol, why be good when there’s easy’. Random, unfocused headcanons ahoy!
This is a guy who was (and should be) anti-authoritarian, anti-system, anti-hegemony, because it was those systems of power that destroyed everything he cared about. A character shaped by those values. A man who uses his hook as a symbol of regained power instead of ‘detachable penis’. It should be those values driving his every action but, nope, can’t have that now that they’ve decided Hook’s dick should be pointed ‘True Emma’.
Hook should be the epitome of the Anti-Hero, a character that does good not because he wants to but because it’s necessary to get what he wants. And what Hook wants should be a character all about (drunkenly) fucking shit up, especially the system because he sees it as wrong. And yet, since 3A, they have this very same character doing everything and anything to cozy up the very symbols of power (Emma, Charming, Snow) that he’s supposed to abhor. Giving Emma the magic bean should have been less about his ‘fee-fees for Emma’, and more about fucking over Pan (and his guilt over enabling Pan’s abuses of the Lost Boys/Neal). Giving up his ship to bring back Emma should have been about fucking over whoever was cursing Storybrooke, a powerplay to get him what *he* wants. If the Good Guys get fucked over in the process?
Oh well. Like, a love story between Hook and Emma. Give me a Hook that wants nothing to do with Emma, because all Hook sees is ‘The Princess’, the epitome of title and privilege. Who doesn’t see the Lost Girl, or the Savior. Give me an Emma who CAN’T STAND Hook *because* that’s all he sees and all she sees is the bully that fights only for himself. Because, deep down, it strikes at her resentment towards her parents (God, how I wish that conversation would come up), at how she’s expected to be the Savior for a system that’s not that much different from the one she grew up in. One that’s capable of power imbalances, abuses, poverty, etc. Let’s face it, Fairytale Land sucks and it’s not solely because of the Evil Queen. Give me an Emma that questions what exactly it is she’s fighting for.
Give me two people at complete odds with each other but striving for the same goal. An Emma who falls for Hook, not because he’s a ‘Bad Boy with a heart of gold’ but because, despite his methods, she sees another victim of the system and understands that anger and resentment. Give me a Hook who falls, not for the Savior, but the tough-as-nails woman that’s the antithesis of her bloodline.
Give me two people, working towards a common goal, with two completely different methods of achieving them, constantly clashing, accidentally falling in love, and hating themselves in the process. Because it’s ‘that person’ and, goddamit, that’s the last thing either wanted to happen. Because, I’m not against these two becoming a couple. But, give me witty, snappy dialogue. Give me characters instead of tropes. Just.. give me a story with some GODDAMNED adults, instead of the regressive fucking teenagers they’ve been turned into. Like, I get TPTB are bitter over ‘Once Upon A Time in Wonderland’ going down like a zeppelin meeting a power line, but that’s no excuse for bringing those failed storylines over to the Mothership.
I don’t hate Hook or the actor that plays him. Mostly, I absolutely LOATHE what they’ve done with the character. Writing choices that are essentially seeing paths that are interesting/intriguing/unique and running in the opposite direction at every turn. Because ‘lol, why be good when there’s easy’. Random, unfocused headcanons ahoy!
This is a guy who was (and should be) anti-authoritarian, anti-system, anti-hegemony, because it was those systems of power that destroyed everything he cared about. A character shaped by those values. A man who uses his hook as a symbol of regained power instead of ‘detachable penis’. It should be those values driving his every action but, nope, can’t have that now that they’ve decided Hook’s dick should be pointed ‘True Emma’.
Hook should be the epitome of the Anti-Hero, a character that does good not because he wants to but because it’s necessary to get what he wants. And what Hook wants should be a character all about (drunkenly) fucking shit up, especially the system because he sees it as wrong. And yet, since 3A, they have this very same character doing everything and anything to cozy up the very symbols of power (Emma, Charming, Snow) that he’s supposed to abhor. Giving Emma the magic bean should have been less about his ‘fee-fees for Emma’, and more about fucking over Pan (and his guilt over enabling Pan’s abuses of the Lost Boys/Neal). Giving up his ship to bring back Emma should have been about fucking over whoever was cursing Storybrooke, a powerplay to get him what *he* wants. If the Good Guys get fucked over in the process?
Oh well. Like, a love story between Hook and Emma. Give me a Hook that wants nothing to do with Emma, because all Hook sees is ‘The Princess’, the epitome of title and privilege. Who doesn’t see the Lost Girl, or the Savior. Give me an Emma who CAN’T STAND Hook *because* that’s all he sees and all she sees is the bully that fights only for himself. Because, deep down, it strikes at her resentment towards her parents (God, how I wish that conversation would come up), at how she’s expected to be the Savior for a system that’s not that much different from the one she grew up in. One that’s capable of power imbalances, abuses, poverty, etc. Let’s face it, Fairytale Land sucks and it’s not solely because of the Evil Queen. Give me an Emma that questions what exactly it is she’s fighting for.
Give me two people at complete odds with each other but striving for the same goal. An Emma who falls for Hook, not because he’s a ‘Bad Boy with a heart of gold’ but because, despite his methods, she sees another victim of the system and understands that anger and resentment. Give me a Hook who falls, not for the Savior, but the tough-as-nails woman that’s the antithesis of her bloodline.
Give me two people, working towards a common goal, with two completely different methods of achieving them, constantly clashing, accidentally falling in love, and hating themselves in the process. Because it’s ‘that person’ and, goddamit, that’s the last thing either wanted to happen. Because, I’m not against these two becoming a couple. But, give me witty, snappy dialogue. Give me characters instead of tropes. Just.. give me a story with some GODDAMNED adults, instead of the regressive fucking teenagers they’ve been turned into. Like, I get TPTB are bitter over ‘Once Upon A Time in Wonderland’ going down like a zeppelin meeting a power line, but that’s no excuse for bringing those failed storylines over to the Mothership.
