Captain Hook: Lulzy pirate villain, sexpants Draco reborn, or chauvanist catch-all plot device?

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I've had several conflicting opinions about Killian Jones since the character was introduced in . The casting department clearly hit gold with his looks, accent, and general screen presence, but in terms of story I think the writers are trying too hard to have it both ways. They want us to sympathize with his vengeance, but then they consistently pull him back to villain behavior. In that way he's not much different from Regina or Gold, who've been given broad freedom in the story to act as villains or as protagonists, but Hook's character is so in-your-face with the charm factor that the whole dance is starting to annoy me. Nevertheless, it seemed pretty clear with the latest batch of episodes that he's moved from 'chaotic neutral' to full villainy. So let's discuss! Canon and fanon.

(Spoilers for the winter finale + unspoiled speculation about future story-lines and/or future characters.)

Comments

[rpowell.livejournal.com]

I have no problem with Hook. One, his ability to shift from heroism or compassion to villainy makes him a very conflicting personality . . . which I find interesting. For me, that is a more realistic aspect of human behavior than someone being being "good" or "evil". I'm beginning to suspect that many people do not realize how truly complex human nature can really be. And characters like Hook, Rumpelstiltskin and Regina strike me as more complex, interesting and real to me than the members of the Charming family.