Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-4467206-20161126101444/@comment-24386552-20161126144545

Farerb wrote: CadoDoan wrote: Farerb wrote: He's evil now mostly in order to prop Hook. What do you mean?

They want to make Hook look better because there are viewers who don't buy this "redeemed hero" the writers are shoving down their throats, mainly because all the bad things he has done, like killing, lying, rape threating, etc... were never acknowledged on the show, and some people need more than just the script saying "he's good now", he needs to earn that, but instead they make Rumple completely antagonistic so Hook will come across better in comparison, now he can save poor Belle from her abuser.

So true. And it annoys me more than anything. Considering how he's left Liam II fatherless, stole Ursula's voice after promising not to and because he was feeling spiteful, and shot Belle, causing her to lose her memory. Though I do get a good laugh whenever he brags to Rumple, only to get whooped by karma/irony by the end of the episodes/future.