Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-34563899-20180218220444/@comment-28162607-20181013112709

Nightlily wrote: Schroeswald wrote: My opinion on this is that Killian almost certainly raped several people. He was a pirate, he obviously slept around, he wasn't a good person back then and the dialogue clearly implies that he got girls drunk to sleep with them. The writers weren't thinking about getting information or making them weaker because that's not who Killian is, he beats people up or tricks them, not drinks with them. Does anything in Hook make it seem likely that he was talking about anything other than sleeping with people, does that situation seem like he was talking about information, no it doesn't. Hook is certainly a ladies' man and he loves dropping innuendos, but I don't think he would force himself on a woman. Remember the guy who was getting too handsy with Milah in "Devil's Due"? Hook asked him to leave her alone and even punched him, and he didn't even know Milah then. Also, in "Snow Drifts", he asks for Emma's consent not just once, but twice. That alone indicates that he's not interested in forcing himself on anyone. Thank you!

Also, contrary to popular belief, pirates were not rapists, and rape was forbidden by the pirate code.

And I think "he was a pirate so obviously he was a rapist" is pretty weak. Isn't that like saying "Emma and David are obviously corrupt and racist, they're cops!". And like Nightlily said, he has shown respect to women and values their consent. And we don't know how much of the "ladies' man" was all talk.

I just think an incredibly vague line he made while very, very drunk isn't good grounds for accusing him of being a rapist. Especially since his actions and other established characterisation directly contradict it (asking for Emma's consent twice in 3x22, protecting Milah from hasrassment, paying the prostitute without sleeping with her in 3x17, refusing to take advantage of Dark!Emma in 5x02).