@A Chipped Cup wrote:
^But that’s why I think he didn’t bring it for himself. He knows that light magic doesn’t mix well with his traditional dark magic. He even said that to Baelfire in “The Return.” He knows that light magic an dark magic don’t mix. So, the fact that the magic he brought to Storybrooke was that of true love (Snow and Charming’s true love to be exact) tells me that it’s probably going to go to Emma. Like it or not, Emma is tied to Rumpel’s plan. Breaking the curse isn’t the only thing she’s supposed to accomplish. If that were true, then her storyline would be over, but it isn’t. The curse was about Rumpel finding Bae, and Emma is directly tied to that because she’s the savior. Rumpel made her the savior for a reason.
So, I think Rumpel will continue to do villainous things, but he’ll be indriectly allied with Emma. Of course, it won’t be out of the goodness of his heart, but it’ll be because he needs her for a future plan.
I think you may be right. We’ve already seen an example of Mr. Gold creating loopholes to protect Emma from Regina. The main example is the whole “if you kill Emma, then the curse will be broken” deal. So, Mr. Gold and Emma will probably have some sort of uncomfortable alliance with each other in season 2. Like you said, it won’t be out of friendship or honor, but hey, you get what you can get. 😆