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Good points, Faux Pax. It is definitely something that will take more than a minute to play out. I think Rumple already started to ‘change’ in some ways. He was depicted as a force to be reckoned with and he did some despicable things, but, they showed a softer side- he ended the war to save the children- he didn’t have to, Bae was safe. He showed regret/guilt at letting Bae and Belle down….and now that he was reunited with Belle and will eventually be reunited with Bae, he won’t have to use people to his advantage. Everything he did, from the time Bae left (even shunning Belle), was for the sole purpose of finding Bae. I think he learned his lesson the hard way. I agree, being the Dark One did seem to infect him, but, again, even though he did some dirty things, his motivation was love…so, he’s not all bad…unlike Regina. Her motivation was selfish- revenge. She killed ‘the thing she loved most’ to suit her needs. Rumplestiltskin used her to his advantage (a desperate soul) to enact the curse, because when it came right down to it, he wouldn’t have been able to bring himself to kill the thing he loved most (Belle) to find the thing he loved most (Bae). I think that’s why he did what he did and sent Belle away. He knew he had to remain the Dark One to find Bae, and Belle’s love would’ve broken the curse.