Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-33386384-20180525212302/@comment-28162607-20180711105738

Eskaver wrote: Aine1989 wrote: This is a specific issue with 7x18:

Hook said to Rumple "I heard what you did for Alice I owe you a great debt" but honestly... Wasn't all Rumple did take Alice out of danger that he put her in? And it was because of Belle's influence that he decided not to do it. Alice wasn’t in any danger. Hook is talking about Rumple not passing on the power which is her innate role.

And saying that it’s Belle’s influence is like saying it’s the parents’ influence that the child did something. You are reducing agency of his character. It’s not like Hook was there and could read minds. It's less of Hook thanking him for it and more of the narrative treating it like it was some big heroic sacrifice.

I'd argue she was in danger because he was planning on making her immortal, which the show has shown to be a form of cage, or as Rumple called it, a tower.

Rumple is not a child though. He is an adult who should be capable of making independent choices without seeking a reward.