@TheOnionGirl wrote:
Something’s … off. I mean, he was ready to give up everything for Baelfire a few weeks ago. What changed? Hmm.
Maybe he thought the potion would let him leave SB to look for Bael, but when Belle showed, he realized (1) what Regina had done and (2) Belle couldn’t leave.
First, I believe Rumple doesn’t “love” magic, but power (of course he loves Bae and Belle, no argue on that, but, also the power, I think.). In FTL his magic was his power, but in SB his power was made of properties, money, etc, etc, etc. So, my opinion is that he was ready to leave and look for Bae, believing his power in a word without magic was enough to do so. But with the possibility of gaining his magic back, well, he went for it.
I personally believe – since the beginning of the season, actually – that Rumple is not ready for his redemption yet. He seems to have understood that he have to give up his power in order to Bae to accept him back, but I wonder if the key to find Bae would not be to give up his power first… (again, I think he still considers that he can’t find his son without his powers…)
@TheOnionGirl wrote:
Hence, the purple cloud … a full-on declaration of war against Regina, in a way. (But why, then, did she look so darned pleased with it?)
Still just thinking it out. 😀
My guess is that she was happy to get her power back. At first she was devastated that the curse was broken and she would loose Henry, but when she realised magic was coming back, well… 😈