hellowherearemypeople:

Ok but are we gonna talk specifically about the things Killian Jones left behind???

I’m salty AF over the sneak peeks and this show in general but I still gotta talk about what my man Killian Jones left behind.

A lot of people have talked about how he left no note for Emma but that she should have know because he left his most treasured possessions behind. but I don’t see it that way. I think maybe the things he left WERE the message.

Now I’m not saying he expected her to decipher the contents of that sea chest and know he left in some quest with Nemo to be a better man.

But I do think the items were meaningful and should have tipped Emma off as to his state of mind.

The FLASK:

Hooks got a drinking problem – and t is a problem. He knows this. Emma knows this. When have you ever seen him without that flask? The answer is never.

But here he is thinking he’ll be stuck for an indefinite amount of time in a submarine with Captain “be the bEst version of yourself” Nemo who probably doesn’t have barrels of rum on his Nautilus…and Killian Jones has left his run behind. He’s planning on doing this self seeking journey stone cold SOBER.

Being a better man, the man Emma deserves, means getting his problem with alcohol in check.

The Spyglass:

He won’t need this in a submarine perhaps – but we know from flashbacks that the Nautilus makes routine stops above land in far off and unknown places. A spyglass could come in handy. And Hooks always carries it in every previous adventure. But it’s also one of the most pirate-y things he owns. It’s a remnant of the man he used to be and he’s leaving ALL that in the past. He’s even got a new jacket for this adventure – it’s a longer cut but NOT his pirate coat. He left all the pirate swag behind.

The Ring:

He Liam’s ring with Emma. Clearly he still doesn’t feel fit to wear it. And he gave it to Emma for a reason. He’s left it behind with her now. She rejected the engagement ring on the terms that he figure out his shit and get back to her but he’s leaving the one token he has left of his brother. That means something. And I think Emma’s going to realize that.

The Jolly Roger:

His former home. Hook doesn’t see his ship as his home any longer. His home is with Emma. If he were leaving for good he would have sailed away on his ship – but he left the Jolly behind in the harbor. And he left the things that mattered most to him, his most treasured belongings, in his new HOME. With Emma.

That’s HUGE.

It’s clear from what he left behind that Hook isn’t abandoning Emma to go back to his old ways. He was doing what she wanted – trying to become the man she agreed to marry.

He just doesn’t realize that he already was that man.
(basically because the writers forgot what they wrote like 10 episodes ago and don’t realize this is a tired ass plot that we’ve been through countless times but… whatever, I’m just trying to make the best of the shit show that is this writing)

So anyways, it’s clear that Hook isn’t a “no good pirate” – based on what he took with him, and more importantly what he DIDN’T, Emma should know that – whether Hook, or Gideon, left a note or not.