Bad Boys, Bad Boys

       Next I am going to compare Captain Hook from Once Upon a Time with James "Sawyer" Ford from Lost. These two characters are bad to the bone. Captain Hook, aka Killian Jones, was a pirate whose selfishness and preservation of his own skin resulted in trouble for others. Sawyer was an abrasive and insulting castaway who often stole crucial possessions from the other survivors. 

      Both men were criminals. Captain Hook was once a Lieutenant of a ship sent away by the king to a far away land, but after his brother's death, Hook took over the crew and turned them into pirates. Sawyer was a con man who conned many people out of large sums of money; he was sent to prison because of his criminal acts.

      As criminals, both characters were willing to commit murder to avenge some wrong that was done to them. Rumplestiltskin cut off Hook's hand before killing the captain's love Milah; Hook tried unsuccessfully to kill Rumplestiltskin in revenge. As a child, James's family was swindled by a man called Sawyer who had slept with his mother. When James's father found out that their savings was stolen, he killed his wife and himself. James spent the rest of his life trying to find the man who was responsible for the destruction of his family.

      These two characters usually exemplified the classic bad boys, but they did show they had a sensitive and heroic side to them. Captain Hook, because of his father abandoning him at an early age, wanted to become a father figure to Rumplestiltskin's abandoned son Baelfire. Captain Hook also lent his ship to Emma and her group when Henry was kidnapped and taken to Neverland. In order for the helicopter to leave the island, one survivor had to jump off to lessen the weight, and Sawyer volunteered by jumping back into the ocean.

      These two handsome bad boys were attracted to the main female characters of the show. Despite Emma's evident distrust of the pirate, Captain Hook is holding out that she will fall in love with him. Sawyer and Kate often have a romantic relationship, even though Kate and Jack ended up together.