While I'm shipping them because I just think the actor and character of Baelfire is more interesting than Hook. As is the pairing.
I mean come on...you have the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming falling for the son of Rumplestilskin (who basically was the cause for Emma's separation from her parents to begin with). They are both thieves. They both have abandonment issues. Both survived in a foreign land, on their own, without magic. Both are skeptical of magic or not fond of it. And he betrayed her in the worst way possible - he let her take the fall for his crime. There's just so much back-story and ground to cover there. They have a history, and it's an interesting one. He taught her stuff. And he lied to her. He's the reason she became a bounty hunter, and the reason she gave Henry up for adoption. And they have a precocious child together. There's baggage and it's interesting baggage.
Compare to Hook - there's no previous relationship between him and Emma. Actually Hook's back story is with Baelfire and Rumple. And he stole Millah. You do Emma/Hook - it's just repetitious of Millah/Hook - not all that interesting. I only find Emma/Hook interesting in short term. IT's hot, it's fun, and it's going to play havoc with everyone. But it's really only interesting - when you look at it from the perspectives of everyone else. Stand-a-lone? Not so much.
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I mean come on...you have the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming falling for the son of Rumplestilskin (who basically was the cause for Emma's separation from her parents to begin with). They are both thieves. They both have abandonment issues. Both survived in a foreign land, on their own, without magic. Both are skeptical of magic or not fond of it. And he betrayed her in the worst way possible - he let her take the fall for his crime. There's just so much back-story and ground to cover there. They have a history, and it's an interesting one. He taught her stuff. And he lied to her. He's the reason she became a bounty hunter, and the reason she gave Henry up for adoption. And they have a precocious child together. There's baggage and it's interesting baggage.
Compare to Hook - there's no previous relationship between him and Emma. Actually Hook's back story is with Baelfire and Rumple. And he stole Millah.
You do Emma/Hook - it's just repetitious of Millah/Hook - not all that interesting. I only find Emma/Hook interesting in short term. IT's hot, it's fun, and it's going to play havoc with everyone. But it's really only interesting - when you look at it from the perspectives of everyone else. Stand-a-lone? Not so much.