Anyway, I suspect that Rumple will end up poorly, however the season renewal gets sliced, because if trickery is irredeemably evil, and a trickster can’t change his stripes, then this is going to be another retribution narrative. *sigh* Either way, I still mourn the loss of a really interesting character.
I also think Rumple is destined to die, no matter what. Whether he redeems himself (again) like he did in Going Home by sacrificing himself for Belle and/or his child or goes out in an evil blaze of glory, I think Bobby Carlyle is officially done with OUAT after season 6, even if the show survives for another season. While I will always mourn the loss of Rumple’s original character from seasons 1-3a, I won’t really miss this resurrected, altered black-hatted villain alter ego who lost the little thing that kept him human when Baelfire died. I wish Bobby Carlyle good fortune away from the shambles that has become this character and show that I originally loved but now no longer care for much. In conclusion, I think Rumple is the major death we can expect for season 6, but not until the end of the season.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy