Sorry, didn’t mean to offend you. But no matter how absurd it sounds somehow in all your posts concerning Rumple’s fake ( yes I know it’s fake) character you seem prejudiced, biased or whatever you call it. I see it that way and can’t help it. You just always seem to see the worst of him, expect the worst and wish him the worst, even though, in fact, there are many shades of grey in this character.
You said somewhere earlier that Rumple was a bad person before he bacame the Dark One, so before he burnt the count’s house, killed Zoso etc. Why do you think so? Where was it said that he killed his wife or stole Bae from someone? The only thing implied is that Bae might not be his biological son.
Don’t get me wrong. I believe he is a villain of the series. I just don’t think he is the devil himself. And contrary to what you say I believe that his evilness is a result of the curse.