Also theory thing fits, I even think some time ago they hinted that the prophecy could be mentioned again, wasn’t the prophecy saying that a boy would lead rumple to his son but that boy would be his undoing, or whatever was? So f they actually use that again, I may have to actual praise them for that, and at this point rumple dying, if that prediction is based on something real, is the only character I see going off. And if he dies at his son hand, is link to Star Wars and the theory on tumblr that Morpheus is like Kylo rhen. Also, maybe Morpheus is mr. gold first name and they said they have a specific time for belle to have the kid, means that probably btw winter finale and return may have a time jump.
I think all of this fits. There are reports that Robert Carlyle wants off the show. There was the prediction that a series regular would exit the show by the halfway point. A&E said we would see Morpheus again before it was revealed that it was their actual son. They also said that while there wouldn’t be a time jump to start the season, there could be later on. And then there’s the prophecy, which I have always said never really occurred in season 3a. All of this lends some strong evidence to the theory that Rumple will die around the midpoint of the season and the second half will be a time jump which will help with Henry’s aging but also age up their son to look like he did in Belle’s dream. And if the prophecy does come back into play and a “boy” leads him to his “son” but that boy will also be his “undoing,” then big props to the writers for having this planned all along.
when I say time jump I mean months for the birth to happen, not years , bc with years that all regulars would have gone by now, replaced with middle age actors.
About the prophecy, I will not say they thought about this for now, bc they already said in the blu ray commentaries, that sometimes they mention things, move on, and later mentioned them again and they tell the fans that they planned which was not true, this was admitted by the writers. I think the prophecy was always meant to be about Henry, how we will never know, the thing is something changed closer to s3a finale that lead to all seasons of retcons, so I would praise them of bringing the prophecy to use, not by saying they always planed to use it for this, if rumple ends dying at the hand of his son or bc of his son.