I’m with you. These writers are often unpredictable, that is what makes us love the show so much. And I admit most of the time I am pleasantly surprised at what they have come up with. So trying to predict what has happened or will happen to SB and the people/characters in it, is something I am trying to hang on to loosely. I am wondering if Rumpel, as calculating as he is, really understands what he is doing. Regina made it pretty clear to Emma that magic used in this world is unpredictable, so I am interested to see how that plays out this next season, made from true love or not. He seems to have placed his “ducks in order” so to speak in FTL before coming to this world in an effort to be ready, but we shall see if he was truly prepared for every contingency.