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I have also wondered if his wife was Cora. When Cora gave her lecture to Regina after she ripped Daniel’s heart out she said something that sounded very similar to when to Rumple told Belle that his power means more to him that Belle did before he kicked her out of his rather large estate. There also seems to be some kind of odd connection between Regina and Rumple that we don’t know about yet and I have wondered if it is related to Cora somehow.
After re-watching some of the episodes again after seeing later episodes I always end up with new theories. After I watched Skin Deep again the other day I thought about Cora being Rumple’s wife again after Regina tells Rumple that Belle died. Right before she leaves his rather large estate she says in a very sarcastic voice “You should get a new girl.” It made me think that maybe that phrase had more meaning than JUST Belle. Maybe she meant “This is the SECOND girl you have lost – loser.”
I, personally, don’t have an issue with the timeline. If Rumple can be hundreds of years old, I don’t see any reason why Cora can’t be hundreds of years old as well. My theory on this is that they are going to do some kind of twist on the Rumplestiltskin story and that Cora will have somehow married beneath her (or in her eyes she will have married beneath her). She will view Rumple as a loser and will be looking for some kind of power to get herself out of what she sees as a lowly position and will find someone who can give her magic. Rumple may have been branded a coward because of his fear of her evil magic – she may even have been the one who hurt his leg. So I dont think she left him because he was a coward who ran – I think his running actually had something to do with her. I think she left Rumple and Bae because she wanted power. I think she continued to marry weak men – ex. Regina’s father. I think Rumple’s initial fear of the Dark One stems from his fear of Cora’s evil and I think she basically emotionally abused him and made him feel that he was unloveable.