@slurpeez108 wrote:
@RumplesGirl wrote:
Cora could find his name on the dagger and guess it to be his name thus keeping in line somewhat with the traditional Rumple tale. BUT it doesn’t explain how she knows how it works. She called it the Kris dagger in Manhattan and I don’t think we’ve ever heard it called that before. Her knowledge of the dagger seems pretty extensive. So I think that if the dagger is how she found out about Rumple name, it isn’t all she found out.
In Manhattan, are you sure Cora called it the Kris dagger and not the cursed dagger? Too bad this episode isn’t on DVD so we could check the subtitles. Anyway, there are a lot of things Cora knows about Rumple, his son, his dagger, and the specifics of the curse that are very specific. If she and Rumple were lovers, as the spoilers suggest, perhaps she charmed the Dark One into giving up his secrets, which was why Rumple was so careful not to repeat the same mistake with Belle. In Skin Deep, Rumple said something close to, “Perhaps you just want to learn the monster’s weaknesses!” which makes me think Cora did just that. 💡
When I had my CC on it said “Kris” dagger both during the live airing and next day on Hulu but that could have been in error, obviously, since we’ve never heard it called that before.
I like your last point. Rumple could see Belle as being another Cora, trying to get his secrets to destroy him, like Cora did. I actually like that a lot because it adds another reason for why falling for Belle in Skin Deep scared him so much. They keep giving us more things to make Rumple even more sympathetic.
Edit/Afterthought: if Cora is this manipulative, as I think she will turn out to be, then maybe she only made Rumple think that Regina was his daughter. What better way to have the Dark One on your side and ensure that no harm ever comes to you or your kingdom? But then Cora got too egotistical, thought she could control him and thus broke his heart by telling him and Regina wasn’t his at all, but Henry/George/