@slurpeez108 wrote:
Yes, we’ll see. Honestly, I’m sure I’ll be happy with whatever outcome, because Adam and Eddy are so clever with the plot.
In the traditional tale of Rumplestiltskin, the miller’s daughter had to guess the imp’s name to keep her first-born child. The title of this episode suggests the plot will at least follow that direction. Since Rumple has been around for centuries, it’s entirely possible that his name was lost to history by the time he met Cora. All of his contemporaries would have been dead for about 200 years (except for Smee and Hook, who were in a different realm). It’s possible that Rumple was only known as the “Dark One” when he introduced himself to Cora, and so she had to guess his name. That is why Cora scribbled his name in the back of her spell book. In 2×2, We Are Both, Regina reads the name in her mother’s book and summons Rumple by his name, after which he introduces himself to her. By the time Rumple meets Cinderella, Prince Charming, and Snow White, his real name was in wide circulation again.
Hmm. You make a good point. Regina, at some point, could figure out that Rumple’s name has some sort of power over him and somehow secretly spreads his name across FTL so that everyone knows it, thus rendering that part of his legend useless.