strong>RG wrote: I disagree with you on wanting it to be wanting it to be Belle. It would forever be the replacement baby. Neal’s memory and losing Neal wasn’t enough to keep Rumple good but this new baby is. This new baby saves Rumple, but not Neal. Neal couldn’t do that for him. I would throw a fit.
While I agree on one level that Rumple having a kid might feel like he’s trying to replace Baelfire, I don’t think that the loss of his son was his fault. Bae made a rash and stupid decision, which resulted in his death. Are we going to deny Rumple the chance to be a dad again, something that was the best part of his life and which was the most redemptive part of his being? I think being a father again could be what pushes him to choose to be good again. Bae was that little light that kept his father human, and without his son, we’ve really only seen the kind of nihilistic dark one that is left to Rumple. But a child might become a new light in Rumple’s life, and that child would be the product of his and Belle’s true love. Plus, I sure as heck don’t won’t an OutlawQueen baby (at this stage) nor would I ever want Emma to procreate with the pirate *twitch*. So if we must have another Once baby, Belle and Rumple are my top favorites to become parents.
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"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy