I don’t think Gold could just say he wasn’t going to use magic like Regina did at the beginning of the season. It would go just about as well for him as it did for her. Also, I think since we’ve already seen a character make that sort of promise and break it, we’ll hopefully not be in for a repeat of that story. I think instead he’ll make some sort of choice to have the magic forcibly taken from him. So it will be a choice, and it will be in favor of choosing Bae, Belle, Henry and goodness for a change, but after the choice is made there won’t be a way for him to “slip up” like Regina did.
True facts about the ladies on this show! And more often than not, they’re not just rescuing themselves, they’re rescuing the guys! Belle does this on multiple accounts. She saves her kingdom (are we pretty much certain that she’s a princess, not just a lady/daughter of a military leader?), saves Phillip from his curse, and I’m certain we’ll eventually see her save Rumplestiltskin. Not bad for a bookworm. ^_^
"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him."
