#auroracle

"It's Princess Aurora, but she's cheating. Her voice was magically enchanted and bestowed by the good fairies themselves. As if any natural voice could be so flawless."

"Such verbiage is precisely why I never attempted to know Aurora personally, though I suppose I did come to love her in a fashion. She was, after all, the instrument of my vengeance upon King Stefan, and for that reason, I look quite fondly upon her."

“Not quite. See, sleep and death are twin brothers, and so my domain, the Underworld, shares a border with the Dream World. Normally, when mortals catch some zetas, their minds go to the Dream World until they rise and shine, but gals under a sleeping curse are different. See, the Dream World ain’t exactly built for long term residents, but the Underworld is exclusively for the dead and dearly departed. So, victims of a sleeping curse wind up somewhere in between, straddling that border for all eternity or until twue wuv’s kiss wakes ‘em up. We call that spot the Dream Netherworld. It’s... funky. That’s where Snow and Aurora wound up. Oh, and yes, Malef and I dish it out all the time. Trust me, I know the whole story.”

059. List several phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did they pick them up?

I don’t have a ton of specific phrases that would be interesting to discuss, but there is something interesting to the way Hook speaks. In general, Hook has a very regal and eloquent way of speaking. He has a refined dialect unlike his fellow pirates, he’s known for using glittery words like “malfeasance,” and he has a gentlemanly demeanor that’s very polite and cordial even when he’s being threatening and dangerous. Ordinarily that would point to him attending some sort of formal schooling or being part of the aristocracy, but we know from his backstory that neither of those things are true. His father was a fugitive who abandoned him, and he's been a sailor all his life since then.

It’s no secret that Hook has a big ego and is a bit of a narcissist, so my personal headcanon for why he has such a refined way of speaking is that it’s intentional. He thinks of himself as better than the average pirate and wants to set himself apart from the companions he views as crude. So I think Hook imitated the dialect of the nobles he came across because he saw himself as sort of being a noble born into the wrong world. And I think in this regard, he also found that the better he could pass as a high society gentleman, the more doors he could open and the more profitable it would be for him.

062. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?

I think he’s certainly very proud of his legacy as Captain Hook, the most feared pirate on the seven seas. He’s definitely the sort who wants to be remembered for his many feats and accomplishments as a pirate, and of course, I think he’d also want to be remembered as the man who killed Rumplestiltskin (even though the legacy part is a secondary concern to vengeance for him). Oh and he definitely want to be remembered for his devastating good looks because of course he would XD

067. Does your character believe in fate or destiny?

“That fool Merryweather ensured that Princess Aurora’s sleeping self would be beyond my reach when she softened my curse. I am certain the princess’s dreams were insipid and saccharine.”