betsypaige24 wrote: One more thing: I don’t agree that he tried to cut off his hand; he specifically didn’t do that. I’ve said this before, but he has made his decision and come to terms with it. Gold acts with the firmness and decisiveness of one who knows he is doing the right thing. He’s so incredibly fierce, and protective of his Belle and Bae, and he’s ready to pay the price in doing the only thing that can be done. Even if he chose to cut off his hand and reattach it without the cuff, even if he chose magic to battle Pan, that wouldn’t have been the end of things. Gold knew that he and his father would continue to battle……and that Belle and Bae would still likely suffer and still likely die (and there is no return from death). The only way to put an end to it, to ensure that no harm comes to them, is for him to kill Pan – and to die himself.
The thought may have crossed Rumple’s mind to cut off his hand but he definitely didn’t do it. Rumple still had the cuff on when he faced Pan. And it was a big step for Rumple, he protected the people he loved without using magic.
Yes, he thought about it……and made the right decision. How agonizing for him – but he knew that this was the only way to end Pan’s reign of terror once and for all. I only get prouder of him by the day………I still watch these scenes quite a lot, which seems odd given how sad it is, but I find them all so beautiful that I can’t help it. Plus, there’s barely any Rumbelle to get me through the hiatus, so I have to take what I can get.
I think the writers could have a loophole over Rumple’s “death” despite Dead is Dead. It’s possible that, when Regina destroyed the curse meaning Storybrooke never existed, any deaths that occurred in Storybrooke may then not have happened. Then we could welcome back the likes of Graham, Cora, Felix, Rumple and Pan and FakeArchie
I hope they don’t do that because that would be sort of a cop out and it would diminish the meanings of the deaths. Gold dying (if he actually dies when he disappears) and being saved by some higher power/magic/whatever is different than say, Graham dying and the show conjuring up some convoluted way for him to return. I doubt that he really died, however; the moment that he thrust that dagger even further into his father, when it actually stabbed him, is when his curse started to break and when he was saved.