@charming wrote:
I do not believe Mr. Gold takes pleasure in killing. His power comes from the deal me makes. He is a collector not a killer. He collects power. Collectors feel that killing will only diminish their power while aquiring and keeping increases their power.
This is a very good insight to gold/rumple’s character… he is in fact an opportunist, he doesn’t kill, he merely sees a need and obliges, at a price…
Though to be honest i’m a bit conflicted about this favour… because all the points are mentioned, but really they don’t sum up… let’s see:
1. he cannot ask to look for belle, because you can’t look for someone you think it’s dead
2. he did comment on putting her in a better position to do his favour – referring to being a sheriff… therefore in a way this favour is important at SB…
3. But we are saying that she is not obliged to keep the favour because he has no magic (even though beiong the heroin in the story she probably keep the promise)
but i agree with charming and slurpeez that there is magic in SB, it is just less obvious than what we expect to see in FTL.
In Fact i believe rumple’s power his power, at least in keeping deals, DOES go beyond the FTL… remember cinderella was going to loose her prince until she paid her dues? The moment emma took her dues from cinderella, the prince returned… so yeah i’m gonna go ahead and assume that gold still holds some form of magical power…
i totally agree with rumplegoldfan about rumple having a hand in happy ending at SB… but also hjbau you’re absolutely right about Emma’s magic (except that i obviously still think gold chose Henry as Regina’s son to pull Emma in)
but then i said… WHAT? what magic? just because Emma is born in FTL doesn’t mean she has magic! it doesn’t make sense… because not even her PARENTS have magic – neither Snow nor Charming have magic, so she couldn’t inherit them could she?
BUT… Regina says – in the stable boy – that love is magic, the strongest magic, and as she was born from true love, she might have magic… and we know snow and charming is true love because of the potion rumple has finally bottled… and maybe that’s the connection between the favour and emma… like when he helped snow and charming only for the hairs… he needs her to complete the potion… or she is somehow part of it… which he needs for an obviously bigger purpose… maybe to defeat the curse or regina or something… maybe to help regina out … who knows…
well these are just my thoughts 🙂