Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20140925181009/@comment-24674051-20141025035953

Interesting that you would compare Hook and Rumple. I think the biggest comparison is a very subtle one. When Bae obtained the magic bean and opened the portal to the LWM, Rumple dug his Dagger in and would not let go, even though he lost Bae in the process.

In 3.21, when the time portal opened, Hook dug his hook in, but when Emma went through, he let it go (Sorry, couldn't resist) and followed after her, not even knowing when or where they would end up.

That is the difference between them.