Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20160501123222/@comment-1867880-20160502111355

Rwo wrote: MBrody wrote: Even when he no longer had the Darkness, he still made selfish decisions. And his actions are far worse than anything Emma ever did. […] Rumplestiltskin repeatedly rationalizes everything he does and never seems to truly care for anyone but himself.

What selfish actions? Like, running from the Ogres' War, sparring a man's life and selling his own and only own second child (not even Milah's), telling his son whose mother abandoned him for a pirate that she died? Then, 200 years later, freed of his DO curse, he saved Belle's life? Defeated Hook? Oh, and he got his power back. How evil indeed.

Hook didn't need to become a DO to make far worse deeds. Like abandoning Emma in a cell without any known way out. Among others.

Did you forget how Gold got his power back? He deceived Emma and Hook into believing they were destroying the Darkness. That is very evil. And you can't cite his rivalry with Hook, as he did not know that Hook was going to be the one to sacrifice himself.

Hook has never done anything evil in his life. He has been selfish, but never evil. Each time, he was being manipulated by a far worse villain: Regina, Cora, Rumplestiltskin, Pan, Greg and Tamara, and then Nimue. I think to deem Hook a villain is to place a very black-and-white definition on the words hero and villain. Hook was an antihero.

Furthermore, Hook has treated Emma far better than Gold has ever treated Belle.