@Midnight Dreary wrote:
I feel like it would be difficult for anyone to try to actively overthrow Rumpel. Regina is the easier target. She openly goes after people and turns potential allies into enemies. Strategicly, she’s the weaker player. Mr. Gold knws that Emma is powerful, and instead of making an enemy out of her, he tries to warm up to her and create an alliance.
Rumpel also has a slight leg up because he’s made deals with so many people in both Storybrooke and Fairytale land. If they try to go against him, he could always throw in their face that they were the ones who contacted him and agreed to a deal without asking questions. The moral ambiguity of some of the characters is very complex and confusing sometimes. Sometimes the “good guys” side with the “bad guys.”
I agree. The presence of the show’s villains is having an odd effect on the nature of the good guys. They’re making deals and associating themselves with people who they would usually slay on first sight. Desperate times…