All of his beautiful character growth was undone when Bae resurrected his father. Baelfire should’ve left well enough alone and let his father stay dead, because what with the way Rumple is currently behaving, Bae’s death in exchange for his father’s life was in vain. Rumple doesn’t warrant a second chance if he’s just going to squander it by being the darkest version of himself by trying to murder the mother of Bae’s child.
*crying because your whole post was spot on, especially THIS*