@weebeastie wrote:
You know, I just had a thought. I think that’s another reason why Rumple’s prices are so high. When people come to him, they are looking for an easy way out. They no longer want to deal or take responsibility for their own problems. So, if he’s going to make their problem just “go poof!” and disappear, then they’re going to have to pay for it.
I think you may be on to something. 😉 All of the people that Rumpel demanded their first child as payment wanted the easy way out. Cinderella wanted to be a princess, Charming’s mother was willing to give away her own flesh and blood for a farm, and God only knows what Cora asked of Rumpel. 🙄 These people asked for the world, so Rumpel made sure that they would pay with the thing that meant the world to them.