Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-10663213-20180306175318/@comment-28162607-20180419140329

Eskaver wrote: Aine1989 wrote: Okay......

Thing is, I think it does kind of work that Nook's redemption arc was short handed. Because we saw over the course of 5 seasons how Killian has redeemed himself, so we don't need to see it again. Telling the same story twice would just be boring.

I mean at their core, they are the same person. Agreed. Plus Hook was never one who really required as much to redeem as the mass murdering tyrants that roam about the show. He was a bully and a typicalpirate but he was more opportunistic than deranged.

And...I’m pretty sure “Nook” was not the reason the show was cancelled. Not even within the top 100 reasons. I think the fan goggles need to be removed because both Hooks are the same person and it’s like there’s some cognitive dissonance. Hook was pretty okay when interacting with Ursula until his opportunistic streak broke through. Actin. As though that Hook is somehow “better” than Nook is pretty stretchy.

In addition, “Nook was trying to kill Hook and rape Emma and wasn’t thinking about Alice”.....is completely wrong and ignores the end of the episode. Did the episode cut off early? Nook clearly didn’t kill Hook and was under the assumption that if he could share a TLK with Emma that he could be free to live with Alice. I agree with all of what you said, but he did try to sexually assault Emma. He planned to kiss her while she thought he was the guy she married, and if sex was involved at some point that would have been rape.

I mean, credit to him for not doing it and I think even if Emma was not pregnant he wouldn't have done it; Killian has a history of thinking he can do something but then not being able to do it (2x22 and 5x11). But that doesn't change that he planned to assault Emma, and I think the "backing out of premeditated murder/cleaning up a mess you started doesn't make you a hero" applies here.