@PriceofMagic wrote:
I think the “Cora is his soulmate in a lot of ways” is because at this point in time they were vey similar. She may have been the first person Rumple felt some sort of kinship with, until Cora screws him over. “She understands him in a way that other people don’t because she’s not trying to make him a better man.” Interesting choice of words. Basically Cora accepts him as he is and he doesn’t see any reason why he needs to change, yet Belle is Rumple’s true love and inspires him to be the best he can be.
I agree and since (as far as we know) a kiss from Cora never removed his Dark One curse (or he wouldn’t have been so surprised with Belle’s doing so), then we know the only “true” love is Belle.
Personally I think it was just a poor word choice in answer to a question and just trying to mention that these two characters really understand each other because they’re similar and not that they’re “true love” soulmates, just kindred spirits of a sort. Still, way to freak out the RumBellers with such language!
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