So you have never felt sorry for Regina? Felt sorry for Rumple? Not once. Especially Regina post season 2. I just wanna make sure we are treating Regina the same way we are treating Hook. If you feel the same way about Regina and that she shouldn’t be able to have Robin, have Henry, have a family who loves her….just like Hook shouldn’t get he girl, have a family, the love, the acceptance.
No because like you point out, Regina has lost a lot. I think she’s paid quite a hefty price for her crimes and her slow redemption has been just that–slow. It’s taken seasons. I didn’t actually mean to include Regina in the next thing you quoted me on because I do think Regina has lost a great deal and has shown genuine remorse and anguish over things she’s done.
But what exactly has Hook lost?
I think Regina has paid a lot. The loss of her father. The loss of Daniel. The loss of Robin. The loss of Cora. Like seriously? And you only say less sure about Rumple bc of Neal. Eyeroll….This all seems like karma for Regina bc of how awful a person she used to be. For me, that’s paying for her crimes. How about the loss of her son. She has slowly built that relationship back. She even lost her magic there for awhile. Hook has definitely lost less than Regina. He’s lost his father, yes he’s lived for a bazillion years but much of it was spent in Neverland being Pan’s lackey, he lost Milah. He still doesn’t have people’s respect…until finally at the end of the episode when David finally gives it to him. It’s not like he’s lost nothing.
I already covered my typo for Regina so moving on…
The things you’re saying he lost he either lost by his own hand or before he turned into a full on villain.
1) his father–he killed
2) being Pan’s lacky–which was his choice! He chose to go to NVL and every time Pan sent him to the EF (which is what must have happened when he ran into Robert) he chose to go back because of his need for revenge. He wasn’t enslaved; he wasn’t shackled. He literally got to keep his ship, his crew, and a sense of freedom.
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.
So, yes. He has lost nothing when compared to the likes of Regina or even Rumple. And he gains a lot: he got back one of his brothers, he got back his ship, he got respect and acceptance from those he’s seriously harmed or injured (Belle, Archie, Snowing), and he “got the girl.” And in a larger out of universe way, he became the leading man in an ensemble show.
I’m not denying that he’s done good things in the past year, especially S6A which seemed tooled toward addressing those lingering concerns fans have voiced over the years (ie: Belle). But that’s three solid years after his introduction. 3 years after A and E declared that he was already a hero. That he had been since the end of 2B. That’s one of my issues. They started addressing those things much later than they should have and not because, IMO, they think Hook actually needs to address them in universe, but I think because they want to shut up the critics. It works to an extent but it also causes me to give them a lot of sideeye.