I’m slowly starting to accept that maybe Rumple’s plan really was just…leave Storybrooke. It feels so flat but…
Here’s the thing. He knows full well Emma & the other heroes are going to be ticked when he kills off the fairies and Hook. He knows BELLE wouldn’t put up with that. So leaving Storybrooke with her unaware was really his only chance to get away with it. It wasn’t the Plan. It was the getaway.
Also, a loose dangling end: Are the fairies still trapped in the hat? He sort of released all those powers for his ritual. Where are they?
Keeper of Belle's Gold magic, sand dollar, cloaks, purple FTL outfit, spell scroll, library key, copy of Romeo and Juliet, and cry-muffling pillow, Rumple's doll, overcoat, and strength, and The Timeline. My spreadsheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6r8CySCCWd9R0RUNm4xR3RhMEU/view?usp=sharing