Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5521796-20130130052521/@comment-5736616-20130130222652

Well from what we have seen of his backstory so far, he has never been a “good” man, perhaps he never been shown to be as bad as Rumplestiltskin, but still never really a good man. He is shown to be a bully and someone who has little respect for others, also he *is* a pirate and pirates aren't traditionally good people, maybe he could be a "good" pirate, but from his actions to date it doesn't seem that way. He hurt Belle an innocent and loved character in order to get revenge; I also think he would have killed Belle if he thought that was the best way to get back at Rumple. Added onto that, let’s not forget that he was going to kill Belle in the QoH backstory, not because she was in the way or even to get back at Rumple, but because he deemed her useless. That isn’t exactly a recipe for love



Maybe if he gets more of a backstory we will learn that he actually used to be a good guy, heck maybe he stole gold from greedy merchants and gave it to poor little orphans, but we don’t know that yet and from what we have to go on, he isn't made out that way.



I personally don't *like* Hook, but I enjoy his character, he is an interesting to watch, but I can understand where some of hate is coming from.