Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170805235523/@comment-28162607-20170806105634

The thing is you are assuming that Regina, Rumple and Hook were all at the same level of bad, which is untrue. (trigger warning; sexual violence and rape is mentioned and discussed)

Hook was never a mass murderer and never attempted mass murderer (the one in 2x04 was Cora, not him), nor is he guilty of sexual violence (at most he made flirtatious remarks at people who were not interested and made an unsavoury remark at Emma while sword-fighting, which is not the same as rape). He was never an oppressor, never took pleasure in hurting people, never owned slaves, never stripped thousands of innocent people of their free will.

Rumple is guilty of sexual violence (two attempted rapes, one actual rape, and four-possibly five-counts of sexual assault. Three/four of which were on his "True Love").