disagree with a lot of this. Milah seemed to appreciate Rumple just fine before he went off to war. When he returned, they become social pariahs. In their society, with no government assistance or the like, social support would have been everything. It probably meant that Milah had to do all of the backbreaking work herself – even more so, since Rumple was compromised
Actually I believe this Proves my point, Milah cared about Rumple when he could provide for her but became abusive and neglectful when he no longer could Provide for her.
find it interesting that Milah, a poor, powerless woman whose mistakes are very human, gets almost universal hate from the OUAT fandom – the same fandom who can find plenty of sympathy in their hearts for mass murdering villains! Yes, she made mistakes which hurt her family. Yes, she needs to be held accountable for that. But did she deserve to be murdered in cold blood and then thrown into the River of Souls? I don’t think so!
I don’t think she should have died either. I also don’t think she was a poor powerless woman who should be given sympathy. I see Milah as she was presented by the show. She was a mother who left her young child at home alone so she could go out drinking in a bar and flirt with men (which by the way if you are poor may not be the best way to spend your money) and a wife who had no problem verbally abusing her husband in the same bar filled with people. This does not show her in a good light, no matter what perspective you look at it from.
know this sounds trivial, but for someone who never gets respect, it means everything. Respect is a fundamental human need. It’s why people join gangs and cults.
Completely Agree and My Main Problem with Milah is the LACK of RESPECT she shows both Rumple and Bae her husband and child. Could be why Rumple ended up taking the dark one powers.
People were about to die. Maybe she felt that asking about Bae was secondary to the fact that blood was about to be shed. Also, it’s just one instance. If we got repeated instances of Milah ignoring Bae, then yes, I’d say there was enough evidence that she didn’t care. But I personally think that it’s too far a leap to make based on this one situation, where there were mitigating circumstances. In ‘Devil’s Due’, Milah expresses regret about Bae and does ask about him.
People were not about to die on the boat and yet she fails again to ask about Bae. And we do have repeated instances of Milah ignoring Bae becasue I do believe Milah was the one who left a very young Bae alone at home so she could go drinking and then again she left Bae to run off with a pirate which would also being ignoring Bae and his feelings.