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I’m sorry if this question has already been posted before, but has anyone given thought to who his wife may have been?
I have speculated it to be Cora, a woman who I could easily see leaving her husband (probably from an arranged marriage) and son without a care in the world. She would have left and married someone who had power (Regina’s father) after Rumpel proved how much of a coward he was in the war.
This would also make Bae and Regina half-siblings.
I know that when it comes to timelines that this theory might conflict, but I could see the magic that both Cora and Regina possess to give them semi-immortality and the opportunity to live forever as long as they were not “killed.”
Who do you think his wife may have been? Do you think Rumpel really loved her?
[adrotate group="5"]I THINK this topic was visit way back in the beginning of the series but since it has been something that has not been given the definitive answer…. WE NEED TO REVIEW it again.
I do not think it was Cora.. but I have been SO WRONG before…. she is as good as a guess as anyone. I do not think Gold was involve with any one magical.
I do think whoever was Gold wife must have been the village beauty… maybe of loose morals who would go with any man as was hinted by the Baron/ Duke of the Castle.
OR …..
She was so judgmental and self-righteous she left him and did not stay with him when he was marked a coward. ( I frankly think he had justification for not wanting to be cannon fodder in a war not of his making.)IF SHE SHOWS up she will be a character not yet seen in SB or FTL…. but I have a feeling this back story will not be investigate further. I think the writers tell the story and make a statement then leave it at that to go on to tell the story they are interested in…. I do not think they plan to show every detail and back story… from her on out they will be showing a more forward story and not as much back story.
When FTL is seen again I think it will be to push the SB story forward.
Who know I AM PROBABLY ALL WET IN MY THEORIES….
NONNIE
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I hope we don’t see any of Rumple’s wife. Like Nonny said, I don’t think she’ll really have any purpose to the story. Besides the timelines, it’s just not something I’m interested in having investigated further.
Keeper of Rumplestiltskin's and Neal's spears and war paint and crystal ball.
@NONNIE wrote:
IF SHE SHOWS up she will be a character not yet seen in SB or FTL…. but I have a feeling this back story will not be investigate further. I think the writers tell the story and make a statement then leave it at that to go on to tell the story they are interested in…. I do not think they plan to show every detail and back story… from her on out they will be showing a more forward story and not as much back story.
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This may depend very much on how many seasons we get (a lot I hope I hope I hope!!!). I don’t see Rumpel’s wife being any major player, but they may revisit a bit of his history as it pertains to why-he-ran. Since Rumpel-as-coward has been a recurring theme, the origin of this label is kind of important. It was one of the last things Bae said to him, and since that story has not yet resolved, it is possible we may get more backstory.
But some have speculated, and I think it is very possible, that there will be a whole new mode of story-telling next season, and we may be done with flash-backs altogether. I hope that doesn’t mean we are done with FTL, but it may be more of present-day FTL. Personally, I would like to see it given at least a scene, just to know the circumstances of Rumpel leaving the battlefield, and (possibly related) how he got the limp. I read a fanfic that suggested he was hobbled as a punishment for running, and I really like that scenario, so until something different shows up on screen, that is canon in my head!
I think Rumpel killed Bae’s mother though they may never go into that. It isn’t really important in the scheme of things now.
I have also wondered if his wife was Cora. When Cora gave her lecture to Regina after she ripped Daniel’s heart out she said something that sounded very similar to when to Rumple told Belle that his power means more to him that Belle did before he kicked her out of his rather large estate. There also seems to be some kind of odd connection between Regina and Rumple that we don’t know about yet and I have wondered if it is related to Cora somehow.
After re-watching some of the episodes again after seeing later episodes I always end up with new theories. After I watched Skin Deep again the other day I thought about Cora being Rumple’s wife again after Regina tells Rumple that Belle died. Right before she leaves his rather large estate she says in a very sarcastic voice “You should get a new girl.” It made me think that maybe that phrase had more meaning than JUST Belle. Maybe she meant “This is the SECOND girl you have lost – loser.”
I, personally, don’t have an issue with the timeline. If Rumple can be hundreds of years old, I don’t see any reason why Cora can’t be hundreds of years old as well. My theory on this is that they are going to do some kind of twist on the Rumplestiltskin story and that Cora will have somehow married beneath her (or in her eyes she will have married beneath her). She will view Rumple as a loser and will be looking for some kind of power to get herself out of what she sees as a lowly position and will find someone who can give her magic. Rumple may have been branded a coward because of his fear of her evil magic – she may even have been the one who hurt his leg. So I dont think she left him because he was a coward who ran – I think his running actually had something to do with her. I think she left Rumple and Bae because she wanted power. I think she continued to marry weak men – ex. Regina’s father. I think Rumple’s initial fear of the Dark One stems from his fear of Cora’s evil and I think she basically emotionally abused him and made him feel that he was unloveable.
I don’t see why Cora would marry Rumpelstiltskin–she thinks (thought?) very highly of herself, and if people ever found out that she had not only been married to a coward, but had left her son, it would have been bad for her. She may have terrorized her husband and daughter, but to the public, she was a genteel, kind woman and mother.
In honesty, I think there is a connection between Cora and Rumpelstiltskin, but not marriage–Cora probably made some sort of deal with him, and that was how she got to her postion. I don’t see Rumpelstiltskin giving her powers–why want competition?
As for Rumpelstiltskin’s wife, I think she willingly left him. In Desperate Souls, the soldiers mocked him for it, and Rumpelstiltskin confirmed it to Bae when the latter asked. She may appear in the series, maybe for some sort of story arc–and if she does make an appearence, it would probably be in the past, not present.The part of me that ships Rumbelle makes me want to believe that it was an arranged or loveless marriage (which we can assume since she left him of her own accord), but still… it better not ruin our Rumbelle. haha
@hjbau wrote:
I think Rumpel killed Bae’s mother though they may never go into that. It isn’t really important in the scheme of things now.
I don’t think Rumpel did kill Bae’s mother. The sort of man he was pre-dark one was seemed to be one who didn’t have it in him to harm another person, hence why he probably ran from the ogre wars. He would rather run away than get involved in fights. I think that was why Bae was probably so shocked at the change in his father after Rumpel had become the dark one. Previously Rumpel wouldn’t have harmed a fly but now he kills several soldiers without batting an eyelid.
When Bae asks Rumpel whether his mother was really dead or just left like the knight had said, Rumpel hesitates for a long time before saying quietly “she is dead”. Rumpel seems to be doing his trick of telling the truth but not the whole truth. I think his wife left him because she was ashamed of being married to a coward but then she did die for whatever reason. Bae only found out Rumpel ran from the war because of the knight so it is likely Rumpel found it easier to tell his son his mother was dead than to tell him that she abandoned him because of Rumpel being a coward.
As for what sort of person Rumpel’s wife was, I can see her being someone whose reputation is very important to them. She stayed with Rumpel whilst the going was good and perhaps maybe even did care for him in the beginning of their relationship. However, when Rumpel was labelled a coward, she knew her reputation would be in ruins because she would be known as the wife of a coward and her son would be the coward’s child so she left them both to start afresh elsewhere.Her departure hurt Rumpel deeply especially her reasons for doing so.
Interestingly, such an issue could affect Rumpel’s relationship with Belle. He may not want to give up his powers because he thinks it would make him go back to being weak and a coward. If the first woman he loved left him for that reason, he doesn’t want to lose Belle for the same reason.All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix2 things:
1)Rumplestiltskin’s wife cannot be Cora. Rumplestiltskin was married hundreds of years ago before Cora was even born.
2)Rumple’s wife cannot possibly have a storyline to appear in Storybrooke because she left Rumple before the curse happened and was not immortal. So, unless she time travels, I don’t think we’ll see her.
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