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Redeeming 5A

I have just finished rewatching some of the first half of Season 5, and I must say, I loved it. I enjoyed it a lot more than the first time I watched it, and I would like to know if I’m the only one who ended up loving the arc. Here are some reasons:


 * Hook was the Dark One all along. Many of us felt like the Dark Hook twist at the end of “Birth” was super retcony and made no sense. However, I think this is not the case:
 * As from the second episode, “The Price”, Hook felt the call of Excalibur just like Emma felt that of the Dagger. Hook is the ONLY character who noticed the strange door on Emma’s new house. Other characters, including both Regina and Zelena, have been to the house and completely missed the totally creepy door, untill Hook showed them.
 * To the argument that “How come Hook didn’t notice he was the Dark One...
 * Didn’t he find it strange that he couldn’t sleep?” Dark Ones CAN indeed sleep. We know this, we saw Mr. Gold sleeping, even dreaming. Emma couldn’t sleep because she was completely freaked out, and adding that to the fact that Dark Ones don’t need to sleep, she found herself awake at all time. Hook was having a lot in his head too… but not as much as Emma. Of course he could sleep.
 * The Dark Curse clouds people’s minds. Every Curse is different, granted. But if you buy that Henry didn’t realize he was the only one growing old for 11 years while everybody else dind’t, how can you not buy that Hook didn’t realize he had dark magic?! Hook did not know he was the Dark One. He didn’t give into the darkness until knew it was inside him.
 * Emma told them why she was doing everything since the very beginning.
 * ”Why are you doing this?”
 * ”Because I’m the Dark One.”
 * All she did was to change that. The plans never changed, there was no retcon. At least the way I see it now. And I love it! 