No, a nasty person indeed. But wouldn’t you say that Bae was more against it as he got older? That he actually judged his father and deemed him a bad person bc of his crutch to use magic. In this flashback, we haven’t gotten to that point yet. Here, Rumple’s magic is still new and Bae feels he doesn’t need it. But he doesn’t think Rumple is a bad father or not a good person bc he’s having a hard time giving it up. He’s not saying things like, “I hate you.” I’m not sure it’s really splitting hairs. I think the time frame matters here bc people’s opinions evolve. And Bae’s opinion of magic gets progressively more negative. We just didn’t realize that it was bc of something Bae did, that made Rumple reset him that made Bae’s opinion of magic all the more negative. And I get that’s annoying. But OOC? Ehh.
And as far as the dark hook nonsense goes, I think this all but confirms that not having a memory of something means you aren’t going to be dark, even if it is inside you. I’m not saying AI agree with it, but that is what the show is saying here. So isn’t Bae’s reset just being consistent with what Hook went through as the DO?