Hip flask

[mia]

It bothered me the first time I watched this episode and it's still bothering me:



The hip flask (pocket bottle or whatever it's called) apparently began to appear in the 18th century! Somehow I always thought the story was earlier in time, but they didn't have metal flasks back then. The only accounts are of fruits being used as containers in the Middle Ages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_flask

Well, maybe this is a clear indication that this part of the story more or less corresponds our world's 18th century? Or the storyteller made a mistake. Wouldn't be the first time in history.

[hjbau]

I think that since it is in another dimension and another world that they just sort of have a mix of things. There is no reason to be historically consistent with our historical past. Also if they have visitors from our world visit fairytale land and the time differential is not the same between the worlds then i see no issue with it, but we don't know if they are going to have visitors from our world or not yet.

[crabtrem]

I have noticed the flask. It is fairly consistent when dealing with Rumplestiltskin; what he is drinking out of the flask is unknown but he drinks a lot. I noticed him throw it aside when Cinderella proposed her new deal. I think there does have to be some significance to it, but I have no idea what.

[obisgirl]

When we saw him drinking the flask, he's not his usual flamboyant, theatrical self. I think, at this point in time, he's tired of being the Dark One, and I think it's safe to say when this episode happened, it was long before 'Skin Deep.' He's probably still tortured by the way he treated Belle but he still has to put on a show as the Dark One.

Thus, I think whatever is in the flask, helps put him in the right frame of mind to perform as Rumpelstiltskin.

[darcyfarrow]

When we saw him drinking the flask, he's not his usual flamboyant, theatrical self. I think, at this point in time, he's tired of being the Dark One, and I think it's safe to say when this episode happened, it was long before 'Skin Deep.' He's probably still tortured by the way he treated Belle but he still has to put on a show as the Dark One.

Thus, I think whatever is in the flask, helps put him in the right frame of mind to perform as Rumpelstiltskin.

I think he's hurting for the families he's dealing with . He depends on the flask whenever he's come to take a child away. (Or, you could could say in the case of the Cinderella story, he knows about the con and he 's about to surrender himself to prison.) In either case, Rumple isn't as tough as he wants to appear.