Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151130132802/@comment-4427410-20151204022634

What is this determination to paint Hook as this one-dimensional force of evil? I feel as if I'm in the middle of some propaganda campaign.

'Any of these people can be monsters. ' There's nothing special about Hook. Is it really that hard to consider the possibility that it is very easy for anyone to give in to become evil? Emma had nearly killed Merida not long after she became the "Dark One". She didn't stop herself. She couldn't even stop herself from trying to kill Lily. It took a good deal of effort on Regina's part to stop her. It didn't take Rumpelstiltskin long to commit homicide after he turned. Heck, he became "the Dark One" in the first place in an act of murder. The fact that Zoso emotionally manipulated him doesn't give him an out.

There is nothing special about Hook's potential for evil, as far as I'm concerned. If this is some convoluted campaign to convince everyone that he is unworthy of Emma, I'm no buying it. I'm not into painting characters with some one-dimensional, black-and-white morality.