Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25940576-20150324002555/@comment-25940576-20150324014112

I am fond of Rumple as well. I see similarities in him to Cole as well. His willingness to sacrifice himself to save Neal shouldn't be totally overlooked. I want him to get his HE with Belle as long as in the end he stops using his fear & how others hurt him as his excuse to hurt people back, and is truly sorry for the bad things he's done. I want him to get one more chance at choosing Belle over power as she needs him too.

I also feel the same for Regina and even Malefacent. I want them to realize while  what others did to them was wrong, they didn't  have to become evil in response. Heck even Snow needs to relearn that two wrongs don't make a right. Cruella, Zelena, and Pan are the only  lost causes to me because so far they don't seem to have feelings for anyone  but themselves,though maybe that will change with more backstory.

I know Hook's been a villian,and sometimes he allows his anger to bring back his villainous tendencies. As long as he continues to feel truly repentant for his own sake and not just to win Emma, though, and he continues to try to help team mostly good, I think he at least deserves a shot at keeping his HE. I hope the writers will keep it that way and not  just stop him mid journey to go backwards and gnore the steps he's taken towards redemption so far, even though as he admits himself  freely, he has much more to do to balance the scales.