Re: Nealfire/Rumple Relationship Game Changer

@Jbwood5 wrote:

In one of the Peter Pan stories hook was in love with pans mother till she died then he became a father figure to Peter and took him to neverland. But they had a falling out and became bitter rivals so I am sure that is where they are taking this. I believe hook knew exactly who bae was the whole time but bae didn’t know who hook was (his mothers lover). And that is why hook stated at some point that bae didn’t want to be found.

I think Bae knows exactly who Captain Hook is in relation to his mother (i.e. the pirate who took her, which in itself is enough reason for Bae’s vendetta against Hook). If you recall in 2×4 The Crocodile, 7-year-old Baelfire found his mother in the tavern talking to Killian Jones. I believe that at age 14, Baelfire would’ve remembered his mother flirting with other men, and upon arriving at Neverland, would’ve identified Hook as that pirate who kidnapped his mother. Actually, it would make more sense to me for Bae to believe Hook had stolen his mother from him. It’s possible that Hook never told him that his father murdered Milha, but I have a feeling Hook disclosed this piece of information to Bae. After all, Hook isn’t exactly discrete about wanting his “revenge” or wanting to skin a crocodile; he repeats those phrases to anyone in earshot. The knowledge that Rumple killed Milha could’ve been yet another reason Bae didn’t want to be found by his father.

I hope the major game-changer between Bae and Rumple’s relationship will actually be positive rather than negative. So far, the relationship is obviously strained, so maybe things will actually start to look up by the season finale. Perhaps Rumple will lose his powers as the dark one. All Bae ever wanted was his father. If his dad were to become a regular man, perhaps through true love’s kiss with Bell, then that would go along way to reestablishing a father-son relationship again.