Re: which characters you hate? (no flaming or bashing allowe

[kfchimera]

I agree with RumplesGirl–there’s a huge difference between Moe’s actions and Hook’s actions, since the intent, method and results are all different. In English/American concepts of criminal justice, intent and results both matter. That’s why attempted murder usually gets a lesser sentence than murder, and there’s few actions that are considered criminal regardless of your intent (only example I can recall off hand easily is statutory rape). Why you do what you do matters almost as much as what you do, and in some cases, what happens because of what you did.

Belle was not willing to forgive her own father for attempting to erase her memories–so you might think there would be no way she would easily forgive Hook. Except of course, the only way she’d remember the circumstances of what she lost would be if she got the memories back. So in a way, she might have been more upset about the attempt by her own father (because how could her father have so little love and respect for her as to try that!), than the actual loss caused by Hook. I do look forward to seeing if they will have Belle reassess Hook’s “rottenness” at some point.

I’ve seen someone compare Hook’s actions in the finale to Han Solo–but to me, it was more a Lando Calrissian move. Hook helped set the fail-safe thing in motion, by helping GOAT, then turning on them, and stealing away with the last bean, after tricking the “heroes”. So Hook’s return and offer of aid is a bit tainted by that to me. Without getting into details from Empire Strikes Back, the point is, a short betrayal like that is something the audience can forgive so long as no lasting harm is done to the heroes. The results, the fact that there is no lasting harm, is what keeps us from hating the character, regardless if the character had some shifty intentions at an earlier point in the story.