I very much doubt they’d kill him. It doesn’t fit into their “happy endings” thurst, which–let’s face it–whether you ship the ships or not, is where every character is going to end up. They’d never live it down from the fans if Rumple, and really Rumbelle, don’t get their happy ending. And they cater too much to the fans as is to not give them the Beauty and the Beast ending.
But then I’m still confused on how that’s something new since OQ (villan, good guy) and CS (good girl, villain) are going to get the same shiny ending.
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