Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11464223-20140512204439/@comment-9232373-20140514200423

DZAV21 wrote: I've gotta ask. I know he still wares the hook and all but is Killian really even Captain Hook anymore??? I mean I'm still trying to decide if he's even a still a pirate! Let's do the math. He's no longer out for revenge so he's not a villain anymore, everyone calls him Killian now instead of Hook, SB thinks of him as a hero, he loves children, he's practically Robin to Em's Batman, most of all he gave up his ship without a fight. None of these are things associated with the villainous pirate Captain Hook. Seems to me he's just Killian with a hook for a hand (sometimes) because he wares the fake hand more then the hook now, and he doesn't have his ship anymore so he's technically not a captain. I'm just saying..... Mabey it's like Regina not being the Evil Queen anymore because at least she dresses modern.

A part of him will always be Captain Hook. We are all just a sum total of all of our life experiences. He is Captain Hook + some other stuff. The show makes a big deal over defintions and labels... Hook - Navy Officer/Pirate/Villain/Hero   Snow - Princess/Bandit/School Teacher   Charming - Shepherd/Prince/Animal Worker    Regina - Daughter/Queen/Mayor/Villain/Hero... I think sometimes the show tries to tell us that these labels define us whether we want them to or not. Overcoming other people's perceptions of us, as well as our own, is a true heroic journey.