Hes supposed to be a hopeless romantic. Not a predator. He was based on old movie archetypes at the time. Most of the time his character is affable. The few questionable moments exist because, at the end of the day, HES STILL A LOONEY TUNE. I think CvA missed the mark on him.
I feel like OoT has always had dark tones here and there and the new artstyle does follow that path with sometimes making you a bit uncomfortable, like a puppet theater, mostly for the NPCS