But then they’d have to cocoon a solid reasoning for bringing back Rumple without doing the same to Malcolm/Pan. They both shared the same fate, being stabbed by the Dagger and fading into oblivion, and while we cling to the trope of “no body = no death” to hope for a return of Rumple we have to acknowledge that it also applies to Pan and it’s very within the realm of possibilites that we may see the villain return at some point in the future.
Well I think the major difference is the way in which they died. Pan was selfish to the bitter end, but Rumple sacrificed himself. Rumple was also currently the Dark One. So I think he has only be “undone” whereas MalcolmPan is dead dead.
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