noticed how Regina did not really answer RH’s question?
he asked her “why do you care what the imp thinks?”
and she said something about winning the fight between herself and Zelena, but this doesn’t explain WHY she cares about what her mentor thinks…
it doesn’t explain why she read that letter hundreds of times. every time she needed a boost, every time she felt lost…
it’s so funny because this is exactly the relationship Gold and Regina have. every time she felt unhappy, cranky, lost, she would run to the dark castle or to Gold’s shop to rant. (kind of like me: every time I feel unhappy and lot I run to this thread to rant *hugs thread*)
maybe this is why no one mentions Rumple after he dies. he wasn’t finished sacrificing yet. just one more sacrifice, giving up the dagger, and then he could be dead again, so that Neal will live.
now everyone can talk about him. now that Regina KNOWS that he’s saved her from her sister once (“rumplestiltskin can’t save you THIS time”) and we know about the letter that gave Regina hope. NOW they can tell RobinHood how Rumple died when RH will say “why does anyone care that the imp is dead?”