You know, it just occurs to me that these writers being LOST writers have set up a rivalry that is very similar to Jacob and the man in black. The EQ is our woman in black and seems very bent in a certain dark direction, and in many ways we are at the moment more certain of her direction. Rumpel on the other hand is a more Jacob-like character, more mysterious with a streak of humanity that seems to endear him to viewers, although I would not say people are dedicated to his “side” as they were to Jacob in LOST, but still there is some similarity in the rivalry.