@EternalღFlame wrote:
Yes, Mr. Gold has A LOT to atone for. But like I said in another thread, I’d love to see Belle or Baelfire team up to save Mr. Gold from his own destruction. I feel like he needs to be saved. He can be very destructive and he needs someone (preferably some he loves dearly) to come in and help him
I agree. I keep thinking that if he’d had someone to talk to (other than Zoso The Previous Dark One) way back on that fateful night in Desperate Souls, he’d have made some very different decisions in his life, and found other ways to deal with his problems (“Finding another way” seems to be a regular theme in the show). Seems like he could have used a friend, or a coach, or a good therapist (Now he has Archie and he’s making great strides!), or even just some anti-anxiety meds. His response to his problems seems to be to isolate himself, and seek more power, magical or not. But he’s learning — His earlier quotes about love were that it caused more pain and destruction than any other force on earth … Bad news. More recently, he says that if you have True Love, you can do anything …
He’s built a lot of walls around himself over the years. A few people have gotten through — like Bael and Belle. He has done a lot of horrible things in his past–It’s true. Maybe one purpose of the Curse in having people forget everything was also to forget his transgressions against them. It was a new start for all of them–including Mr Gold. But they are still the same characters/personalities, and sometimes, they wind up with similar outcomes–like Mr Gold being the most powerful man in town, friendless, and not trusted by anyone.
He is making progress : In The Return, he tells Regina, “Murder is different here. You can’t just turn someone into a snail, and step on them.” He didn’t kill Katherine, he just abducted her. Still reprehensible, but he’s making progress … He didn’t torture her, and he made sure she had food and water. Also with August there in the forest — I was on the edge of my seat saying, “Don’t kill him, Mr Gold! Don’t kill him! There are other ways to deal with this …” He is evolving.
And I won’t apologize for liking Rumple so much. I just do … He is not pretty, not sexy, and those teeth (Eeesh!), but he is a compelling character. I’m not afraid to look at the Dark Side of our lives (Read up on the Vasalisa Story…). The writers have shown us he’s able to learn and grow. We haven’t seen much of that from Regina yet : She’s stuck, and may be a lost cause. If she’s a Sociopath, as Emma labeled her, she may indeed be a lost cause. We’ll see how it plays out. The best scenario would be for everyone to find their happy ending — even Regina.