I dont understand you, so you claim that Regina lost her son, which she didnt, but when we may hint that Rumple paid the ultimate price that is really loosing his son, to death, u are sarcastic, if u think that Regina paid a price , again that she didn`t you cannot eye roll about Rumple, and i can tell you something, according to circle of life parents are supposed to die before their kids, and romantic loves im sure Regina will have more and Hook could have others, but kids, no matter how many u have, there is not another kid that can replace the one u lost, so yeah, from all the villains Rumple did paid way more than the others.
Rumple has definitely paid a lot. I simply was comparing it to Regina which RumplesGirl already clarified. When she through Regina in there as not paying for her sins but said Rumple may have, I through Neal in there bc I knew she loved him. The problem with Rumple is that he keeps going back to darkness. Unlike Hook and Regina.
3) Milah–tragic, yes. But lost before he was a villain and majority of his crimes happen AFTER he lost Milah, not before. In other words, losing Milah was not punishment for his villainy in the same way Regina gave up Henry at the end of 3A as a way to pay for her sins.
But wasn’t Hook like a legit drunken pirate who probably killed people off screen (he was going to kill Rumple before he realized he became the DO. Wasn’t he hitting on women at bars etc. He was no saint before he met Milah. And by the time he lost Milah, so much had happened I feel between Rumple and Bae that it seems a lot of time had elapsed. By the time Rumple crushes Milah’s heart, you were supposed to feel bad for Hook a little bit. Please correct me if I’m wrong of course. But yes, Hook has not lost as much Regina, but he did lose Milah and pretty much everyone’s respect other than Emma. Not having people’s approval sucks and that’s a battle he is still fighting today. And even after he gets David’s respect, finally, now that likely will leave again once David finds out the news. And that’s why I feel bad for Hook. Bc he has been a good person the last two seasons and finally started getting people’s respect, and then this happens, which isn’t his fault in the present. Idk, guess I’m in the minority on here.
And while he did get his ship back, he did also give it up. Which was huuuuuuge for him. Perhaps him giving it up was enough of a sacrifice for him to feel justified getting it returned to him? Regina gave up dark magic. Henry didn’t trust her, she “lost” her son there for awhile. Rainbow, that is what I meant. But since she has become a better person, she has won her son back, and her family back. For me, that is similar to Hook losing his ship and then getting that returned back to him.