So i am absolutely NOT on board with this whole “Make Rumple a hero” arc. Not that I dont want to see Rumple as a hero, i think he deserves a redemption arc more than anyone else on the show. But taking the curse out of him and then saying he can be the greatest hero of all?? Okay I guess all those people he killed didn’t taint his heart at all. He was only the most feared villain for like 200 years. He isn’t earning it. I think he could earn it. But i’d like to see him struggle with the loss of his power that he loved so dearly. Rumple didn’t have his powers in Season 1 SB, but we still saw him as a trickster. Why is it different now?
That being said, why isn’t Emma going for Arthur? Are there different rules for the sword and who can wield it in SB? I would think she would go for the guy who legendarily pulled the sword from the stone, but i guess that would ruin Rumple’s “redemption” plot.