1) He may not have wanted out. But when ABC decided that he needed to go, he didn’t say no
2) a and E haven’t confirmed that he wanted out, but they have said that he’s gone and that he’ll only live on in flashbacks
3) His death was story driven in their minds in that Rumple gave the heroes the witch’s name. It’s bad story but that’s how they are spinning it
4) we know Zelena’s plan doesn’t succeed based on set pics
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"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"