fter all, he just used his dark magic to send Milha into the River of Lost Souls.
But didn’t Hades sort of force his hand here? He wouldn’t have done it if Hades wasn’t blackmailing him. If I was Belle, and Rumple told me that he had to do it in order to comply with Hades so he wouldn’t take my child, I wouldn’t hold it against him. If I believed him of course.
But like, even you acknowledge that Belle said she loves parts of the darkness in him. And if that is the case, the power part to me isn’t the issue. She is ok with the power, it’s what he does with that power. It’s why Robin is ok with Regina having magic. If she was still using it for evil, it wouldn’t work. Belle said those things at the town line mainly because of what Rumple was doing with his power (evil hat sucking). You cut out the evil stuff he does with the power, and I think you have a happy couple going forward. And other than Milah (which like I said, I feel like his hand was forced there by Hades), Rumple hasn’t really done anything evil since season 4.