Rumple dies,then Belle and gideon would see him as a hero, they still move on with their lives and Rumple reunites with the person he always said was him happy ending, Bae, this for me is a good happy ending to everyone,
I don’t completely disagree, I don’t believe Rumple’s happy ending was being with his son it was earning his son’s forgiveness and being the father that Bae could love and respect. Will his dying accomplish this? Yes, but he already accomplished this in season 3 with his death. That was his happy “ending” I am an old fashioned fairy tale person and I would love him to have a happy ever after which could be reuniting with his son in the great unknown but then what about Gideon who has to grow up fatherless (this is of course if they de-age him) and Belle who loses her true love. Their happy ever after is not going on without Rumple. Belle and Gideon knowing Rumple was a “hero” who sacrificed himself for them could be a happy “ending” but still pretty unsatisfactory.