You know what I want to rant about... but... hmmmm... how about that old trope of Killian being an idiot with technology while canon has disproven it, the main reason anyone else understands technology is because they were cursed to and he learned it the hard way (not to mention quickly), and it’s often used either as lazy comedic relief or to build up the intelligence of another character.
YES. Exactly. That’s why I subscribe to the headcanon that his refusal to call things by their right name (”talking phone” etc) is just his own little inside joke with himself (See here and here or even the story I posted yesterday, where Wish Hook (who DOES have cursed knowledge of the modern world) does this to Regina) to tease the more “modern” folks.
That said, I do have to admit that I love funny shit. And I am willing to overlook almost ANY inconsistencies or dodgy headcanons to facilitate something being funny. So I can’t really say that it makes me MAD when people go for the easy “man from another time doesn’t understand technology” joke - when it’s done solely for humor’s sake.
I just don’t like it when people take it to heart and act like it means Killian is actually stupid or less intelligent than any other character. Jokes are jokes, but take them too far and they stop being funny.
It’s kinda like when I call Killian an idiot for standing in the middle of the road and getting hit by a car. I do it because it’s funny, and it makes me laugh, but I don’t actually think he lacks the intelligence to get out of the way of a moving vehicle. It’s obvious he just didn’t have the time to do so. It’s just fun sometimes to shout “GET OUT OF THE ROAD, IDIOT” at him XD
