@obisgirl wrote:
I saw a nice title analysis yesterday on tumblr that maybe the title refers to:
Nealfire = Selfless – because he’s not really, he’s been selfish
Hook = Brave – because he has actually been a coward in the face of death
Pinnochio/August = True – because he tells lies and isn’t a real human
I actually disagree, especially with Hook – he hasn’t been a coward, quite the opposite. Even back in FTL when Rumple as the Dark One challenges him to a duel, he still turns up, knowing fully well he has absolutely no chance against Rumple. And in Storybrooke, when Mr Gold is nearly about to kill him, he still welcomes it with a smirk. There are many bad names that I call Hook but coward is not one of them.
As for Nealfire, one could argue with that too. Yes, he left Emma but we still don’t know the exact cause of it. To me it looked like a selfless act, after all. He was in a lot of pain with that decision but he went into it despite him suffering, believing in the greater good.