Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-1916997-20160111161802/@comment-25896389-20160131090402

This post actually lends credibility to my own idea of the once Double Standard: we're told Rumple is beyond redemption, most recently with or without the DO power to influence him. Yet in the grand scheme of things, Hook and Regina, the struggling heroes who have fought so hard and come so far, do little to set themselves above him. Regina willingly reverts when heroism no longer reaps benefits for her and has more than once said she never believed herself in the wrong. Hook never lets go of his desire for revenge the same way we're told Rumple can't give up power. Despite this, they aren't given the same measure of distrust Rumple gets and he's not given their support.