Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-34563899-20180202235154/@comment-34563899-20180204105738

Tysonjackson wrote: I don’t agree with two things that everyone is saying though:

1. That Milah wasn’t in the wrong. She was a horrible wife to him when he seemed to very much love her. But since some people don’t see that as a problem, let’s ignore that little piece: She left her son!! She abandoned this kid and her husband to go be with some pirates. Why wouldn’t Rumple be angry?

2. He never abused Belle. He wasn’t exactly the nicest guy, but absuse? When exactly?

But I do stand by my thoughts that Rumple was a villain in S4. I also think Hook and Emma were in S5. The Darkness does influence them, yes, but they have free will of their actions. Emma was being a horrible person until her plans were revealed then she was normal again. And Hook was a Dark One in all of 5A but only turned evil Once he knew about it. So I still think the evil-ness was their choice.

Thank you for addressing my argument. Many people haven't done that.

Dark ones have freewill to an extent.

Being the dark one is an internal battle. The Dark One curse pushes you to act selfishly in all circumstances. The user can fight back against these pushes and sometimes prevail, which we see at times in the show. But regardless it is very difficult to overcome pushes of the Dark One Curse.