![]() Ever since he and Emma climbed that beanstalk together, his interest in her has been much more than physical.įrom the beginning, Emma and Hook were kindred spirits. This leads me to the part of the original article I disagree with the most – the notion that Hook went from being “in lust” to being “in love” with Emma in the blink of an eye.Ĭaptain Hook was never just “in lust” – seeing a pretty woman (or man, or anything, really) and being attracted to her doesn’t mean that’s the only thing you appreciate. It’s hard to do that with “underdeveloped” characters. Both these journeys have been explored ad nauseam on screen, and they will probably continue to be, because being a hero is not just about making the right choice once, but about making it over and over again. Killian Jones had to choose to leave Captain Hook behind just as much as Regina had to choose to leave the Evil Queen behind. She was his inspiration, not his reason.Īnd those words might sound alike but they are not the same thing. He did it for Emma, yes, but mostly, he did it for himself. The difference between him and Rumple, however, is that he kept trying to make the right ones. He made wrong choices over and over again. When he came back at the end of season 2, was he a hero then or just a man who made a right choice for once? When he made that declaration in the Echo Cave, was he changed then? What about when he came back for Emma, or when he got tricked by Regina? Did Hook become a hero overnight? We saw everyone struggle with the notion that he could ever be a good guy – in fact, we’ve seen the whole of Storybrooke except Emma struggle with this all the way up to season 5. We saw him struggle, and ultimately, make the right decisions. A reason to try to break through three-hundred years of bitterness. ![]() A romantic might say it was because of Emma, and yes, there was certainly a connection there from the beginning, but it wasn’t love, not yet. Hook made the wrong choice, and then, he made the right one. That’s what the season two finale is all about, isn’t it? About making the right choice, even when you have nothing to gain from it. And he did that not because he was in love with Emma, but because she spoke to the part of him that was once Lieutenant Killian Jones. In fact, he betrayed the heroes more than once before he finally decided another path was possible. ![]() His “change of heart” didn’t come overnight. We didn’t hear about it, we got the requisite flashbacks to see the man he once was. And when I say we learned that, I mean we saw it. We learned later that he was once an honorable man, and that disappointment and loss turned him into the Captain Hook we first met. When Killian Jones was first introduced, back in Season 2, he was a pirate with only one goal – revenge. In fact, I’d even go ahead and call Hook one of the better developed characters in Once Upon A Time. And though this theory might find in Belle a good exponent (her screen time has been reduced, most of her choices left unexplained), in my opinion, it has nothing to do with Hook. That being said, the article used two particular examples to support its theory – Belle and Hook. The more the cast has grown, the more this show has run into the kind of issues that inevitably pop up when you have more characters than time to devote to them. It was a truly fascinating read, especially because I agree with a lot of what was said in the piece. A few days ago I read an article on “ character underdevelopment” on Once Upon A Time. ![]()
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