Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20151007195419/@comment-25926288-20151126130146

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Eskaver wrote: It's maddening that Emma turned Dark, gave into selfishness, but looks no different than in SB. Seriously.... since when did Emma have ugly, white helmet hair? The Dark Swan is how she manifested, once she fully gave into Darkness. On the other hand, the crocodile skin is what made Rumplestiltskin so oddly attractive.

Regarding Dark Hook.... there is no doubt, that Colin is playing him as a drunk and psychotic New York City hobo. I have seen, people like this everyday on my way to work. The only difference, is that his cloths are very nice.

In hindsight, is seems (to me, at least) that JMo was taking herself way too seriously as the Dark Swan. It is almost like she was think, "I am a serious method actor" or something like that. Whereas, both Bobby and Colin were thinking, ''"Screw all the acting rules, let's just have fun!" ''when playing the Dark One. I'm talking about SB Dark Swan. Your skin changes in the EF when you give into Darkness and that's what Emma did. Rumple gave into Darkness when as he killed Zoso, Nimue gave into Darkness when she decided to take her revenge. Even Zelena who isn't a dark One had sking change once she fully gave into her jealousy. If giving into Darkness causes the change, then Emma should be scaly right now. If Nimue can do it, so should Emma. Hook should defintiely do it too once he gives into Darkness (probably killing Merlin).

I think Bobby takes several things into account when he plays DO Rumple. He still uses his son as inspiraton for the voice and such, which is probably why I found that "Hi?" so adorable, plus it sort of shows inner Rumple still being a child at heart and Rumple (and even Mr. Gold) throw temper tantrums at points in their life. Then again, Rumple is the son of Peter Pan.

I value JMO for doing research and stuff, but I feel that it was partially in vain. I think JMO took serious about becoming a villain, but the writers took it for laughs and jokes. Cloin is simply doing pirate Hook with a little Rumple flair, which is probably some mental breakdown for Hook as he's becoming the thing that he hated the most.