I want him to keep magic because it is not just a curse.
As I understand it, magic is also something he likes, something he loves. He started in it because of the curse, but… it is like someone finding a field of study to which s/he is going to feel engaged for his-her entire live by mistake or because s/he couldn’t afford the payment of the studies s/he originally wanted (Something that I experienced myself).
Maybe it is just that I’m influenced by the way in which the wizards I loved in my childhood were truly engaged with magic -I’m thinking about Raistlin Majere, for instance, or even the Merlin of the legend-, but I think that it is not fair to force someone to choose between the person he loves and his passion-work-whatever you want.
So, I would prefer a ‘happy ending’ with a non cursed Rumplestiltskin -which means he gets his former ‘good-guy’ personality, and his previous ideas of use magic for the shake of people- keeping magic. Not as strong-powerful magic, but magic.
But I understand that this is not the way the show treats magic, so, I won’t cry so much when he: a.- leaves magic b.- dies c.- something-else-that-implies-take.that-sort-of-decition. 😆
Oh, sure! I was a bit messing in my writing, sorry.
What I meant was that if the dagger doesn’t work, then Mr. Gold can be killed as any of us. And that if he can’t, then that means that the dagger works. Because I can not figure out how could be possible that the dagger doesn’t work, but his owner remains immortal :S :S
-I’m open to any idea 😉 –