@hjbau wrote:
I really don’t think that they were trying to make Rumpel sexy.
I have to agree that they were going for creepy, eccentric, intriguing, scary, mesmerizing, etc. I really don’t think the makeup people did the gray, scaly skin, the black pointy nails and the rotting teeth thinking, “fangirls will go wild for this!!” I do think that the wardrobe was done intentionally to give him some panache and to reflect his Storybrooke sartorial style, but even there, leather pants aside, I don’t think sexy was on their list.
Now here’s a question for the Rumple-is-hot set out there (and, mind you, I am not excluding myself from that group 😳 )
Did you find the Rumplestiltskin character sexy, as in romantically appealing, before “Skin Deep”? Because for myself, I never would have put him in that role until the canon storyline gave him a tragic love interest. Mr. Gold always had that slightly off, sexy-dangerous appeal, and I am a sucker for a Scottish accent. But giggling gray-boy? No. Not until he caught Belle falling off the ladder.
I personally think they have toned back the creepy and humanized Rumplestiltskin’s make-up to some degree. Even his clothing has softened up a bit since Skin Deep. I don’t know if they are responding to Rumple’s status, on the forums at least, as an are-you-kidding-me?-sex-object, or if that was the direction they were going with him anyway. I always hate to overestimate the influence of fan opinion on the producers. I would like to think they have a creative vision and are not going to be put off course by fans, especially considering you can’t please everybody. They surely learned that on Lost!
I’m curious about other people’s opinions on this. ❓ ❓ ❓ ❓