Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151130132802/@comment-8345449-20151201133643

Eskaver wrote: F Hook seems to have no veil of love around him and used Emma and hurted Emma. Even Rumple didn't verbally crush Belle like that. Nor Nimue to Merlin. Or even Emma to Henry and Hook. Does he even truly love Emma? Or is he confusing it with obsession? Why would he say such mean things?

Not really an apt comparison since Merlin never betrayed Nimue and Belle had always trusted Rumple unconditionally up until she found out that he lied to her.

Perhaps Hook fell as quickly and as deeply as he did because he felt betrayed by the woman he loved above all else. If the other Dark Ones has experienced similar betrayal from their loved ones, maybe they would have ended up the same way?