Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151207015752/@comment-25896389-20151207195800

Eskaver wrote: Avatar Beta wrote: I disliked Neal myself but compared to Captainswan, he was better with Emma. I say again that Rumple's out-of nowhere revert was total crap but that's A+E for you. For some reason, they don't want us look at Rumple the way we're apparently meant to see Regina and Hook. In fact, it sometimes feels like they don't care if they contradict the other writers on the show or vice versa. They want a contrast. I'm perfectly fine letting TRumple be that contrast but they could have written it a bit differently.

Rumple tries being a hero and he never gets what he wants, so why change.

Regina is a "hero" because she gets what she wants while doing bad things. She had the whole "I'm a better person" thing, but she switched the moment that Zelena angered her (when Zelena had a valid point when she said she would have to raise Baby Hood since Robin and Regina were going to die).

Hook is a hero because of his sole love for Emma. Couldn't care less about condemning Emma's family, but only turned around because Emma herself was being physically hurt. Yeah, they should do it differently then 'cause I can only ever see it one of two ways:

1. Rumple is the only potential hero among the three and was more anti-hero than anything until Season 4.

2. None of them are redeemable and just act like it for people they care about, thus all three should be punished accordingly but Regina and Hook never will be because of A+E's veiws and the fanbase.

In any case, it's because of the writers.