I like the name thing. It is not repetitive, we have yet to see this “trafficking in names” in Rumple story truly come to the fore front as a plot point. We only guessed it was the name RH that led Rumple to track him. It ties to Bae, who is otherwise like Belle off in a separate story they need to merge.
And I think it could put Rumple in a checkmate situation. Does he leave Henry to get Bae knowing Bae would never forgive him if he did? Yet how could he leave Bae if in danger in FTL? What if PP offered him that deal now–I’ll get you to Bae, leave me Henry? I know Emma would choose Henry this time as she knows Neal was willing to die over that. But would Rumple?
Of course I like the idea of Bae being this wildcard who shows up to help rescue Henry and it is something PP did not anticipate. I think much as we are going to get Hook backstory, we have to at some point get some on Bae. It is a huge mystery how he ever escaped PP.
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass