In both of those other versions of the story, the Beast is on the verge of death and Belle’s love saves him. Rather than Emma stabbing him, I could see her backing out of doing it, (hopefully because of Henry, because like I said, to mirror the parent/son situation whereby Rumple stabbed Zoso), and in a moment of desperation and frustration, Rumple grabs the Dagger and stabs himself, then along comes Belle to sob over him as he dies, and he comes back to life as a mortal. It would just fit with how the Beauty and the Beast story traditionally plays out, and it’s a major part of the story, and Rumple is always the one who has been our “Beast”, so they should be the two characters who get that Curse breaking moment. (Of course, I have issues with all that because I don’t think Belle should still love Rumple after what they’ve had him do, but for the sake of fairytale consistency, they’re gonna end up reconciling somehow.)
Very good points…but can anyone imagine a mortal Rumpelstilskin for Season 5? Speaking for myself, I can’t really see Rumple without all his magical glory, unless we have a lot of flashbacks!!! But…Rumple once said he planned to leave SB with Belle to travel the world…should he become mortal by the end of this season, is that where the story will be heading still? Him and Belle…Around the world.
Could Belle even take Rumple back…she still doesn’t even know about him killing Zelena and proposing to her right afterwards, or was it before…I can’t really remember anymore.
@Josephine, sorry for the applause darling, but it just seemed like such a likely thing Adam and Eddy would do. 🙂
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