Well….was Rumplestilskin not patronizing when he wanted Regina to give up on killing Snow because of Cora’s death???? I love Rumple….I do….but he was a complete Hypocrite in this situation!!! So it’s alright for him to kill Zelena out of vengeance, but tell Regina it’s wrong for her to do the same for Cora.
Rumple was just pointing out that Regina couldn’t kill Snow AND still have Henry’s love which is why Regina’s solution was that she would make Henry love her (or as close as she could get) with the curse of the empty-hearted. Rumple only warned Snowing because Snow did kind of save his life by killing Cora. Also, Regina was after Henry, Rumple’s grandson, so Rumple probably felt some obligation that he should warn the Charmings that Regina was planning something involving Henry. Rumple was then going to leave it at that but Charming stopped him and made him help more. Rumple only gave Snow what she needed, Snow was the one that chose to kill Cora. So no, Rumple wasn’t patronising to Regina, he was just pointing out that she couldn’t kill Henry’s grandmother and still have Henry love her of his own free will.
Yes, Rumple suffered under Zelena’s hand….but when you look at it….it’s so many things Zelena could have made Rumple do that she didn’t! She could have made him kill Belle and Neal just to see him suffer, but she didn’t. And Neal’s death…once again…sorta falls back on him. He understood that it came with a heavy price, Belle told him not to do it, but Neal said to h— with the consequences, and knowingly gave his life to save his father. Very much OOC, but that’s what happened. Zelena didn’t shove Neal’s hand down on the curse….he did it willingly. Plus…we can put some blame on Lumiere for leading them there….yes Zelena loaded the gun, but in the end, it was Neal’s choice to pull the trigger. Again….very OOC, but that’s what happened.
Zelena tried to make him kill Belle right after he’d absorbed Neal to save him. Zelena deliberately tried to take away the only other important person in Rumple’s life for kicks.
Not to mention…Rumple just has Ill history with Mills Women….he sent a wraith after Regina after promising Belle he wouldn’t hurt her….he manipulated Snow into killing Cora….and he killed Zelena for “vengeance” when he swore to Belle he wouldn’t, and covered it up with a proposal….so….yeah.
The Mills women screwed over Rumple first:
Regina kept Belle prisoner and locked her in the asylum for 28 years and told Rumple she was dead.
Cora was trying to kill Rumple.
Zelena had enslaved Rumple for a whole year and had a hand in the death of his son.
The Mills women are certainly not innocent little victims.
And we’ve gotten way off subject, the point is that Regina earned her Hero title in Season 3. She saved the day in NL and Oz….as for Outlaw Queen!!!!
Again, the whole OutlawQueen premise is built on “because pixie dust says so”. We’ve not been SHOWN WHY they’re “soulmates” or “true love”, we’ve just been told they are. OutlawQueen sounded interesting in theory but the way it has been written so far on the show just doesn’t make me invest in them as a couple.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix