@Phee wrote:
They may be classicaly piratey traits, but for me at least, the gold coin and the rum called to mind specific and iconic Captain Jack moments, so I considered them little shoutouts. There’s no way they could have Captain Jack on this show, because no one else could ever play that role, but the character is a huge entity for Disney, so it’s expected they’d have nods to him, and it didn’t make Hook any less his own character IMO.
Yes, film/television pirates do share a lot of the same traits, but those things you mentioned were definitely nods to Jack Sparrow which makes sense because of how much money those make for Disney.
In the recent podcast they related HOOK not being afraid of Cora / being killed to PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN …. Davy Jones ( Killian Jones) hid his heart in a box and could not be killed ( in Pirates) IT is theorized that HOOK took out his own heart and hid it……
I wouldn’t be surprised by this because the villain taking out his heart or soul and hiding it somewhere else is a very common theme in folklore, and if Hook wants to go up against Rumple, he’s going to need all the tricks that he can to have his revenge. Plus, I can see a scenario where perhaps they kill Cora or banish her somewhere because I don’t think Barbara Hershey wants to be tied down to the show otherwise they would likely have made her a regular, but keeping Hook around as a threat even if they temporarily defeat him this season. So maybe they only think that they’ve killed/vanquished him, but he has an ace up his sleeve and comes back some point next season for another round.