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Gheather14 wrote: Hook doesn't seem like he knows that he is a bad person. If he did he wouldn't have egotistically plead with Emma to "let me die a hero." That whole statement is a complete subversion of Rumple and Regina saying "Ah, but I'm a villain, and villains don't get happy endings," and Regina saying "Let me die as Regina" before they sacrificed/tried to sacrifice themselves for family and loved ones. The entire idea of good and evil being emotionally complex, layered, undefinable, subjective, etc., has been one-dimensionalized and ruined with characters like Hook. He saved the day so technically he was a hero XD. Anyhow, he showed that he sees himself as a villain since 4b in the episode with Ursula. He believes he's changed for the better, but not purely redeemed. What he said that to convince Emma to let him go. Hook wasn't going to say "Let me die as I am, a villain" or "Let me go" because Emma would do as she did with Regina and say he worked to hard, so Hook was assuring Emma that he achieved what she thinks and to not think that he has "unfinished business".

Regina has changed from season two as did Rumple, pretty much i expect Hook to keep doing bad thinks after his sacrifice since they did it with the other two. Hook isn't 1-D. Emma's love for him and morals toward him are, but not him.