@Phee wrote:
@SpinningGold wrote:
Just seeing Manhattan made me wonder something. Bae’s hate for Rumpel is strong, and he also fears his magic. Rumpel might have been an asshole as the Dark One, but he was a good dad. So why would Bae just have bad memories of him.(or nearly all bad) unless someone was feeding them to him.
The bad was pretty bad, and it’s what led to the destruction of their relationship, so I can buy that those memories would override memories of the good years.
What if Hook acted as a dad to him… He is Milah’s son, after all. And it would be the ideal opportunity to fill him with hate towards his father. “Your mom killed your dad” is a pretty ideal way to do that. He joins the pirates to travel between lands and one day gets left behind.
This is one of the reasons I’ve been hoping that Bae was in Neverland, to see how Hook would relate to Milah’s son. Would he tell him about his father killing his mother? Or would he not want to lay that sort of torment on the kid? We’ve seen that he couldn’t destroy the shawl, because it was something Milah had made. Well, Milah made Bae too, that kid was part of her, so would Hook seek to destroy him? Or would he get to know him and nurture a friendship with him, so he could keep part of Milah in his life? Judging by his handling of the shawl, which was merely a piece of fabric she’d touched, I would imagine that Hook wouldn’t be able to bring himself to intentionally harm a kid who shared her blood.
That doesn’t necessarily mean that Bae didn’t find out about Rumple killing Milah though. Everyone on Hook’s crew knew what happened to her, so if Bae was hanging out around them in Neverland, chances are someone let it slip, even if Hook didn’t tell him directly.
I agree. Don’t forget, there’s a gap of time between when Rumple became the dark one and when he lost Bae. It probably wasn’t too long, but long enough for Bae to have plenty of bad memories of the dark one’s evil deeds. Hook also says “what makes you think his son wants to be found? do that boy a favor”, which also hints that he and Bae have already met and is well aware that he’s trying to avoid reuniting with his father.