@mickey wrote:
If the actor, as you put it here, is not deep with emotions, then who is.
I’ve always thought that when Rumple told Bae his mother was dead he was lying. He just didn’t want the boy to investigate any further or start looking for her, and by saying so he stopped this conversation. That’s how I interpreted the scene, but I guess we have to wait for writers’ explanation. I don’t think anything so far suggests he killed her though.
Yes, I guess this could belong in this thread or the thread about Rumplestiltskin’s wife, but I don’t think he killed her either because pre-Dark Curse Rumple would not have done something like that.
My theory is that they probably liked each other but didn’t love each other and they may not have many prospects other than each other. So they got married hoping for the best, and everything seems fine for awhile until Rumple is drafted, and everything falls apart for them. Then, I think she just ran away, committed suicide, or a combination of the two. Maybe she had too much pride to be married to Rumple after he was labeled a coward. Or maybe something happened to her while he was away that made her ashamed and she ran away because of that. Or maybe she felt trapped being married to Rumple when she realized that their marriage wasn’t what she thought it was going to be like especially if having a baby made her feel even more trapped.
I don’t think Rumple wanted Bae to know that Bae’s mom ran away and/or committed suicide which is why he didn’t come right out and say what happened especially if he feels guilty that the reason she ran away and/or died was because of him in some way.