Reply To: Do you think Malcolm loved Rumple?

I would like to learn about Rumple’s mom. Who was she?

My honest opinion…no one special. I think more than likely she was a peasant girl who had one night with Malcolm, got pregnant, died in childbirth, and left Rumple with Malcolm. The way they tell Rumple’s story is that it has to be tragic through and through and having a mother who loved him and cared for him, doesn’t fit the bill. And having Rumple be a burden to Malcolm adds more weight to the “Malcolm never really cared for Rumple” theory. He was saddled with a baby he never wanted after one foolish hookup that he probably forgot about soon after it was over. So now Rumple is a burden and a reminder of his foolish and forgettable night.