He’s for sure the most lovable villain, no where near Cora level of evil. I think I’m in a similar situation as some Hookers. My heart belongs to Rumple, I love him more than any character I’ve encountered in recent TV and because of that it colors everything about OUAT for me. I hated Cora sooooo much not because of how evil she was or what she did to Regina but because she broke Rumple’s heart. While I feel sorry for Hook, at times, I find it hard to see his side because of my Rumple’s love (it’s a sickness guys…a sickness). And while killing Milah was extreme Rumple wasn’t wholly without justification (just like Snow had some measure of justification when killing Cora. Cora would have killed them all, and Milah broke Rumple’s spirit and heart) but Hook shot Belle who is really entirely innocent in all this. She even got Rumple to stop his attack on Hook on his ship. I just…that’s really hard for me to overlook. But I am more open to liking Hook than I was in The Outsider because of his speech to Regina in the mines and because he did come back. And I do think he’s a capable of being a “cuddly” character like I see with Rumple, honestly I just need more of his backstory. That’s what did it for Rumple. Between A Desperate Soul and Skin Deep you see a totally different side to Rumple that changed a lot of people’s opinions about him.