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Eskaver wrote: ItachiIshtar wrote: 8Rob wrote: Hook never saw Rumple inside his mind during 5A, unlike Emma. They explained that. When Emma used the dreamcatcher on Hook, she said that she made Hook forget that he was ever the Dark One at all. I guess that was enough to prevent Rumple from conjuring up in his mind. Also, technically Hook did see Rumple inside his mind, during the Camelot flashback in "Broken Heart", and after Hook found out that he was a Dark One in present day Storybrooke. Yes, but it doesn't make sense that if you forget you're a DO, then you don't see head!Rumple. I mean, I'm sure Hook could still use magic and he surely was immortal. How is it that you can experience like 2 out of the three symptoms?

As I said, it could be an extension of how the memory magic works. If Hook didn't mentally know that he was the Dark One at the time, then perhaps Head Rumple couldn't just randomly pop up. It's not like the Dark Ones are always hearing voices, either. Don't forget, there was a specific period of time where Emma was not seeing Head Rumple. Based on what Emma said, it depended on her mental state at the given time.