I don’t give Hook any special points for helping Belle not be murdered on his ship. I don’t think that what Hook did there was all that special or noteworthy. It is certainly not some show of a great change within him. If anything his behavior just seemed bizarre and out of character as does Belle’s. Especially when in the last episode he is trying to erase and burn his memories because he can get away with it then run off without saying anything.
RG, see. And how can you say there wasn’t a change within him? He did not treat Belle very well like a season before that and he spent his whole life trying to kill Rumple. But instead here, he saves both of them. Putting Belle and Rumple and the town first over himself and sacrificing his life isn’t a change for him? He literally was the most selfish person ever. He has left people in danger while he scurries away countless times in the past. How can you say this was not noteworthy? You’re coming off as a bitter anti-Hook fan. Give the guy props when he does something worthwhile. Belle and Rumple would be dead without him.
Also, Hook must have been pretty close to get to his ship anyways and then he was fighting to protect himself from Jekyll. It just doesn’t feel like some great deed. Hook didn’t have to sacrifice anything to protect Belle except for the time it took him to walk over to his ship. When Hook actually has something to lose, like Emma, which it is always Emma, then he does the thing that will best protect himself from losing her even if it hurts her or is just evil.
He had to sacrifice himself and there was a good chance he could possibly die! Of course he had something to lose. He could have lost his life. Are you insane? And it was for someone he barely interacted with. Oh, and it’s the wife of a guy he absolutely hates. And you say Regina thinks about Henry when she makes good choices, someone she loves. Hook thinks of Emma. Someone he loves. What’s the difference?
Regina had a choice. The thing that would have probably been the best to protect herself would be to kill the Evil Queen. No one would have known. The Evil Queen would no longer be a danger. Regina could have kept the light in her heart and not had to share in the darkness with the Evil Queen. She could have hidden what happened and no one would have known, but she didn’t do that. She thought about the Evil Queen as a person. She thought about wish Robin. She thought about Henry.
Hook had a choice. He could have just let it happen. Just think about what you just compared. Regina could have killed the Evil Queen, someone she has loathed (herself) for her entire life. But she didn’t. What about Hook? He spent nearly his entire life trying to get revenge on Rumple by skinning himself a crocodile. And in that moment on the boat, he could have let that happen. He could have let Belle die and who knows what Hyde would have done to Rumple but if I recall he threatened to kill him in that scene. Hook could have watched it all happen and done nothing and Rumple would have died. But instead, he made the right choice, just like Regina not killing the EQ, and stepped in, saved Belle, put his life on the line, saved Rumple, and saved the town by killing both Jekyll and Hyde. And you don’t give him props for that? But you give Regina props for not killing the EQ? This is the kind of double standard that I was talking about. Blows my mind.