Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170421152651/@comment-26159109-20170507031511

CoolDudeAl wrote: KnocknickKnock wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote:  Hook and Rumple and their past is a major plot point. We can't just ignore it. Hook past with Rumple was less of a major plot point than Cora's past with Rumple, Belle's past with Rumple, Neal Past with Rumple, Blue past with Rumple, QOD past with Rumple, etc. If we argue everyone who has a past with Rumple on screen is a major character than danm near all the characters are major characters. Hook's past with Rumple is only a major plot point to Hook but not to the whole show. It was only important in season 2.

Hook had a role to play and at one point it was important but I wouldn't classify his past with Rumple as a major plot point. Rumple past with Hook had no real impact on his life. It didn't set him on the path of becoming the dark one, and it didn't set him on casting the curse either. The reason Rumple killed his wife (and Bae's mother) is pretty major. Remember, this is the major conflict between Hook and Rumple: Milah. That and from a traditional story sense, Rumple is the Crocodile that "eats" Hook's hand, thus making him Captain Hook.

It should not serve any purpose now, Hook has moved on, Rumple has moved on, they're "family" (even though everyone forgets that Rumple is Henry's grandfather). The only reason they hang on to it is because of bad writing and these two characters being assholes. But mostly, Hook's character revolves around being Emma's love interest and nothing more, his interaction with David and Henry, which is like one episode each, are directly related to them being Emma's family, otherwise he wouldn't have given a damn, even his fueds with Rumple are related to Emma, "I want my hand back so I can grab her" etc...