Jane also said that he looked at Cora like a tumor, that he was furious. Seriously? He just stood there – the man was in complete shock after what had happened to Belle and he was not himself. Cora kissed him, that’s all…….
I had to rush off to dinner but this occurred to me as well, so thanks for bringing it up. Rumple was the PASSIVE voice in that scene: Cora kissed Rumple. It was NOT Rumple kisses Cora, NEITHER was it Rumple and Cora kiss, implying active voices on both parts. Cora kissed him.
Personally I didn’t see any chemistry at all between Bobby and Rose and I think Bobby and Emilie’s chemistry is the most remarkable I’ve ever seen, but this is besides the point. The Dark One loved Cora….and whatever love she felt for him, it was only as the DO. I hardly think she would have taken a single glance at Spinner Rumple; the real man inside of him held and would have held no interest for her.
I see chemistry between Bobby and Rose but it was an uncomfortable chemistry. I wanted it to stop.
If Cora was around when Belle was, there would be……….nothing, Gold loves Belle so much, it hurts. In NL, the thought of a future and a family with Belle allowed his survival instincts to “kick in” and it got him out of his funk/depression. When he told Regina that his feelings for Belle illuminated him, I wanted to cry – it was so profound and even Regina (who ought to have known anyway) FINALLY got how much he loved Belle. Via the sand dollar, he told Belle that he believed in the strength and power of their love – and in NL, with Regina, that he believed in her. When Belle found the box, look at the gold light, the gold magic………it was the same gold light that we saw when she engaged the cloaking spell. That’s their TL magic, pure, gold, light.
I shall marry this paragraph.
Rump was into it totally. So if were suddenly out of the picture, I think he could easily find love again in Cora.
He was only into Lacey because she was Belle. It wasn’t like Lacey was a totally separate person. She’s Belle without the brakes and right then Rumple didn’t want brakes. But he didn’t go looking for another women. He stayed with HER.