@Oncewatcher wrote:
Elle —
About Aurora’s heart: Hook is a chess player. Remember; He gave her heart to Mulan, for it’s return to Aurora. He might be a bit devious, but he is strategic all the way.
That can change. Eventually, I want to see redemption from Hook.I’d also like to see the show do more with him. They think the women were mad when they killed of Graham? If Hook dies, I think a lot of people will be tired of letting a tv show drag their hearts in the dirt. I will be.
I am not sure I agree with where you are coming from (Hook fangirl) because if Hook is a chess player then how better his odds on Team!Emma (Emma, Snow etc) then to do something horrible (and it is horrible) like rip Aurora’s heart out but then offset that by returning Aurora’s heart to Mulan. That gives him at the least a couple of advantages. It causes Team!Emma to believe this working with Cora was due to the fact that he would use any means to get to Storybrook to exact his revenge (and he did say he preferred working with Emma–but I believe that anyone would be safer and wiser to work with) and he also has that moment of goodness
And if he is using ripping out Aurora’s heart out then returning it as a way of garnering favor to only throw Team!Emma under the bus if it proves advantageous to team up with Cora and whichever proves best to exact his revenge on Rumple.
It could be simple human nature wanting to want to keep one’s self in the winning position. However it seems that in Fairy Tale Land how it operates is whether or not one’s self-serving ways are for the good or the destruction of others (lives, the world as a whole) is what defines them as a villain or not. Take for instance Hook has killed many persons; however, Charming as well has been seen killing soldiers as well but it was seen for the greater good because it was in self-defense (self-serving wanting to preserve one’s life) and against a villain (King George).