Heh heh heh…you guys inspired me to write a fanfic, contrasting Bae’s experience–arriving alone, unprepared, with his memories of FTL intact–with the experience of characters who had the blessing of forgetting.
You should TOTALLY write a fanfic about it! Until the show releases an episode explaining what actually happened to Bae, we can only speculate. But I don’t think every possible outcome for Rumple and Bae entering our world would’ve ended badly. I mean look at Pinnochio-he was all by himself and he came out alright (for the most part).