KalliopeKisees wrote: I also remember Cora advising (in a rather bitter tone) it was best not to have to rely on anyone in life. I think the bitterness exemplifies that her dealings with Rumple may not have turned out to her liking.
I agree that the little speech Cora made about power meaning never having to rely on someone else to get what one wants may have been directed at Rumple. It may also have been aimed at the king from the original Rumple fairytale who demanded straw be turned into gold. Cora sounded like an embittered divorcée who resented having fallen in love. She talked about love seeming real but never lasting. It makes me think that Cora was married before and then either divorced or stuck in a loveless marriage.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy