Hmmm, in a way I think what Rumple did to Bae was much worse. He let go of his son to face the unknown comeatly alone. For all Rumple knew, Bae could have been eaten alive by some fearsome creature on the other side of the portal.
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I think it’s varying degrees of “worse.” Rumple knew Bae was alive after he went through that portal, and even though it took a few centuries, he never doubted that Bae stayed alive. And this was before he took the Seer’s prophetic abilities. What Rumple did was horrible, I agree. He chose magic and power over his son and let him go. He was a coward. But Hook also let him go, and go to a place Hook *knew* was terrible. He knew PP and the Lost Ones “rip” shadows from these boys. Even Hook’s crew is scared of HIM and still Hook let him go and we don’t know yet if he ever tried to rescue him.