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Ktmae1234 wrote:

As good as Hook was for Emma, I think Emma was for Hook. He was just as broken as Emma was, in much the same way. He'd been abandoned by his father. He lost his brother and was betrayed by the King he believed in. His heart had been broken, and he'd spent 300 years looking for revenge. He didn't trust anyone other than himself. He relied only on himself. He did have Mr. Smee, but I don't think he ever let him in. His walls were up. Hook hid his good nature behind humor and sarcasm. He'd given up all his morals in the name of revenge. It wasn't until Emma came along and challenged him to be a better man that he was able to let go of Milah and start to see himself as the man he used to be. It wasn't until he wanted to put someone, Emma, ahead of himself, that he was able to become the man he was always meant to be. I have to disagree, slightly.

Hook reformed, because his thirst for revenge left him feeling empty. He said it himself, vengence is a hollow pursuit.... it is an end, not a beginning. Emma was Hook's inspiration, but he turned his life around for himself.

After he failed to kill Mr. Gold, Hook was lost. He did not know where he belonged, or who he even was. Emma then gave him a chance, to be apart of something bigger. She indirectly reminded him, that there was a time that he was an honorable man. Hook always wanted to do the honorable thing. Except, his 300 years in Neverland buried any trace of the man he used to be.

The same thing happened, during the missing year. Hook tried to return to being a carefree pirate, but utterly failed. He made the biggest mistake, of his life. A mistake he regretted more, than anything else he ever did. By betraying Ariel, Hook betrayed himself. He acted like a coward, which is the thing he hates most.