@PriceofMagic wrote:
Anyone notice how Rumpel’s voice changes the more evil he becomes. He had his normal voice in desperate souls then in the return when he said “even mutes can draw a picture” it went into the voice that Rumpel had from the beginning of the series. When Belle kissed him, it briefly went back to his normal voice and generally when he was around Belle his voice wasn’t as sing songy as it was normally. Anyone agree? Could the loss of both Bae and Belle have pushed Rumpel over the edge?
Yes, definitely. We heard a little bit of it after Rumple killed the maid. As I see it, his regular voice and manner indicates his humanity. The more he gives in to the magic and the curse, the less human he becomes. After he lost Bae I think Rumple went a little (a lot?) crazy. When he was a man, he was constantly afraid and tried to shrink and make himself invisible — shoulder’s stooped, eyes downcast, voice quiet. When he became all powerful he became the exact opposite — flamboyant and loud and in-your-face.
What I love is how willing he was to be vulnerable and lose that icy facade when he thought he was facing Bae.