wonder how much the coming back from death has actually affected Rumple and how many of his current misdemeanours are actually a result of that?
As far as I’m concerned, none. As soon as Bae left his head, he was perfectly sane and fine. He was coherent, just being controlled. Then he was no longer being controlled. He did what he did fully cognizant as evidenced by his speech at Neal’s grave. He didn’t do it because he was affected mentally or emotionally from coming back from the dead, but because he felt he had to avenge his son. Which is the last thing Neal would ever want, and somewhere inside, Rumple knows that. It was a selfish, “I’m addicted to magic” move.
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"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"