Toma wrote
Why would he need to give Belle a fake in the first place then? As long as Belle doesn’t specifically order him not to kill Zelena (which she did not and is unlikely ever to), he is free to kill Zelena even if the the dagger is not in his hands. The dagger doesn’t work on the holder’s thoughts or feelings, else Rumple could never have attempted to attack Zelena or try to steal the dagger from her.
It seems Rumple needed to use the real dagger to kill Zelena rather than any old sharp pointy object. He could hardly ask Belle if he could borrow it to kill Zelena with. Also it seems like the dark one can’t steal his own dagger hence why Rumple couldn’t get it from Zelena though that could be because Zelena was actively wielding its power.
The sentiments that Rumple said to Belle were genuine, he just needed the dagger for that “one last job” (killing Zelena) then he’d replace the fake dagger with the real dagger.
As I have argued above, Zelena simply wants to be deemed irreplaceable in someone’s heart. She was willing to put aside her jealousy of Regina when the other witches accepted her into their circle because she thought that was a unique position left solely for her (until Dorothy came along). If Regina is willing to let bygones be bygones and accept her as her sister and into her family, I actually think it is quite likely Zelena would have taken the second chance. After all, Zelena is Regina’s only living blood relative, no one else can take her place.
I disagree. There is still the chance that Zelena’s envy would rear its ugly head again but this time the target would be a lot closer to home.
Zelena wants to be the centre of attention. She wants the praise and for everybody to adore her. Either she’d be jealous that Regina gets the man and adoring family and would want to usurp Regina’s place, or she’d be jealous of the love and affection Regina shows to Henry, Robin and Roland, and would want to be the only one Regina loves and would therefore target Henry, Robin and Roland to get them out of Regina’s life.
Henry would’ve been the main issue since Robin and Regina could be broken up taking Robin and Roland out of Regina’s life. Zelena may have set Regina up for a fall, like Cora did in season 2, to ensure Henry turned on Regina. Then Zelena would be the only one Regina could count on.
When you have so much envy and jealousy inside of you that it literally turns you green as a result, you have a problem, particularly when it comes to sharing.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix