Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5521796-20130130052521/@comment-75.141.193.117-20130204060238

Most of the hate seems to be shipping related. Pretty much: "Hook tarnished Rumbelle therefore he is evil and Milah was horribad and neither of them had any point to the things they did, said, or felt."

Hook has done bad things, but he really has a solid point about Milah. Regardless of her leaving Rumpel and Bae, she was still murdered.

People will sputter about "B-b-but Hook took Aurora's heart!!"

Yeah, and Rumpel crushed Milah's (and that was after he had started to crush Hook's). Hook is still a bad guy and a villain for what he did and so is Rumpel.

"Milah broke Rumpel's heart!"

Milah left her husband. No matter what she did, she didn't deserve to be murdered for that. And then Rumpel literally broke her heart.

"She abandoned her son!"

She knew she was a coward for leaving Bae. She felt sorry for that and said "I let misery cloud my judgement". Leaving her son still isn't worth a death sentence.

"Hook shot Belle!"

He could have been aiming for Gold for all we knew, and even if he wasn't, he managed not to hit her in the head or vital organs. That said, yeah, he's an awful person for doing this. Doesn't mean that any of his views on Rumpel are unjustified. Awful people can still be right about things.

People forget a lot of things about Rumpel. He killed or aided in the deaths or poor conditions of many innocents. Off the top of my head ... his mute maid, Gaston, Zoso (granted, that guy was a monster), his own wife ... He threatened Snow and her family with death (including Henry!) ... He manipulated a victim of abuse into helping him set off a curse that destroyed most of a world.

Yet: "But he ruined Rumbelle!"

Like I said, shippers.