Reply To: Me Comes First

I think the thing with Rumple in regards to his lack of care about the likes of Snowing, Regina and the rest of the town is that in his eyes, they’ve not done anything that makes them deserved to be saved. Obviously he loves Belle and Henry is his last link to Baelfire, and I do think he cares about Emma enough not to go out of his way to hurt her, but not enough to not try and use her if the opportunity presents itself.

Snowing are constantly accusing him of being behind everything that goes wrong. First they accuse Regina then if it’s not her they accuse him with no evidence other than “well if it’s not Regina then it’s got to be Rumple”. Snowing constantly use him as a magical problem solver and then revert to accusing him of causing said problem.

Regina denied him his initial vengeance on Zelena in such a patronising manner. He had to lie and deceive to take that vengeance whilst Regina is sitting pretty no matter what. Zelena played a role in Baelfire’s death and tried to make him harm Belle. Zelena was a dead woman walking from the flashbacks of 315’s events onwards.

The town only leaves him be because of fear and Belle.

I can see why Rumple would rather save himself and his loved ones rather than risk dooming them all for a town and its inhabitants who really don’t care whether Rumple lives or dies unless it affects them in some way. For example, “oh no, our magical problem solver is dead”.

Question: Did Rumple actually know how close the fairies were to finding a cure because of Anna being found? He knew they were trying to find a cure but at that stage Anna wasn’t found and the spell was imminent. Rumple just came up with a plan B instead of putting all his eggs in one basket and hoping the fairies would make the cure in time. Why wasn’t a cure being worked on as soon as they knew the shattered spell sight was what Ingrid was planning. Why wait until it had been cast?

I also think that perhaps Rumple’s current actions are because he’s given up hope after Bae’s death. He’s wondering what’s the point in being good when it just blows up in your face. His heroic sacrifice lead to his son’s death and his enslavement.