Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160509005929/@comment-24674051-20160510145227

oh, dear. smh.

the twu luv test does not apply. Yes Hook saved Arthur, but Hook himself had no actual stakes in the events.

with Emma and Killian, Emma's choice was either death or Killian. If you read her body language, at the point right before Killian was engulfed in flames, Emma was essentially having a heart attack (or something very akin to it). She was physically dying. Killian was engulfed the moment he tried to retrieve the heart. Emma was the only one free to act, and given the situation, she could either save herself or save Killian. Failing the test condemns Killian to the worse place (and could have consequences for her as well).

with HookKing (ya gotta give a ship a name, even if the ship isn't seaworthy), Killian had no stake. If he just leaves Arthur with the first soul that attacked, Arthur loses, that's it. No consequences for Killian. and saving the book did not have either Arthur or Killian directly in danger. Killian saved Arthur because that's what heroes do. nothing more.