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Aine1989 wrote:

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All the examples you gave failed to disprove my point - that Hook can be self-sacrificing for Emma but not necessary for a complete stranger if Emma is no longer in the picture.

Yes, all the stuff that you mentioned were good acts by Hook, but they all either benefited Emma in some way (sending up the pages) or he did them while Emma was still part of his life thus acting as his moral compass (e.g. freeing the fairies which he trapped in the first place). He can do good because of and for Emma but that doesn't mean he can do good just for the sake of being good.

Rumple could help David without recompense because of Belle and he could sacrifice himself for Neal - doesn't prove that he is truly redeemed. Even when Neal was gone he stayed good for a while but after an extended separation, he eventually back slid.

Regarding the Pan curse. Remember how Emma said that she would rather be cursed than free because at least she would be together with Snow? EQ Regina would probably have thought that way with Henry and not care about anything else.

On the point about Marian. Yes, Regina thought about killing Marian, but she didn't go through with it and eventually saved her from the Snow Monster even though no one was there to see her do it and praise her for it and she had everything to benefit from letting Marian die. How is that not an example of her fighting against her baser instincts and trying to be a better person?