Eternal Life

[Slurpeez]

Rumpelstiltskin told Beanman/Smee that only the Dark One had life eternal. Yet, I think this may be false. Just one episode before, we heard Lancelot mention there is a legend in his kingdom of a cup that can grant eternal life: the Holy Grail. We also saw in 1×12 that Rumpel had a golden chalice in his castle, which many people have speculated could be the Holy Grail. I wonder if Rumpel was collected this item to prevent anyone else from living as long as him, and then he lied about no one else having eternal life so that Beaman wouldn’t get any ideas. I think there is at least one other person in the EF who had external life though: the Blue Fairy. She hasn’t aged in over 300 years, from the time we saw her give the magical bean to Baelfire to the time she turned Pinocchio into a real boy. So, we know that Rumpel certainly isn’t the only person who could obtain eternal life.

Also, I found it very interesting that Beaman wanted eternal life, and despite Rumpel denying it as a possibility, Rumpel did say he had the power to control time. The deal was that if Beaman got the magical bean, Rumpel would turn back the hands of time and make him into a little boy again, (which I think is a foreshadowing of us meeting Peter Pan, who always stayed a little boy). Also, Rumpel said that he’d turn Beaman into an old man, if he failed to get the bean for him. This makes me wonder if Rumpel still has the power to control time in SB, and whether he plans to use this ability to turn his son, Baelfire, into a boy again.

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@slurpeez108 wrote:

We also saw in 1×12 that Rumpel had a golden chalice in his castle, which many people have speculated could be the Holy Grail. I wonder if Rumpel was collected this item to prevent anyone else from living as long as him, and then he lied about no one else having eternal life so that Beaman wouldn’t get any ideas..

I could definitely see Rumple keeping the Holy Grail in his possession so that no one get can eternal life. And if he does have the Holy Grail, I wonder if he brought it over into Storybrooke and is keeping it in his pawnshop? Could it even work in Storybrooke? This also makes me wonder if they will ever use other age preserving myths in OUAT, like the Fountain of Youth.

@slurpeez108 wrote:

I think there is at least one other person in the EF who had external life though: the Blue Fairy. She hasn’t aged in over 300 years, from the time we saw her give the magical bean to Baelfire to the time she turned Pinocchio into a real boy. So, we know that Rumpel certainly isn’t the only person who could obtain eternal life..

I also believe Rumple could not be the only person with eternal life. And I didn’t even think of the blue fairy! Does any fairy age for that matter?

@slurpeez108 wrote:

The deal was that if Beaman got the magical bean, Rumpel would turn back the hands of time and make him into a little boy again, (which I think is a foreshadowing of us meeting Peter Pan, who always stayed a little boy). .

That is also a good prediction! If Rumple were to turn him back that is…but after what he just did to Belle I don’t see Rumple helping him out in the near future…

@slurpeez108 wrote:

This makes me wonder if Rumpel still has the power to control time in SB, and whether he plans to use this ability to turn his son, Baelfire, into a boy again.

I don’t know if Bae would want to be turned into a boy again. I think he would want to stay as far away from magic as possible. And if he is the mystery man/Henry's father…I don't think he would want to be turned into the same age as his son lol

[hmverhagen]

Interesing point. Maybe Rumple didn’t know about the Holy Grail yet, and therefore didn’t tell Smee. There could be a rather large gap between when Hook left and Rumple met Belle, since Rumple says Rumple says he doesn’t know if he can move on.

[Slurpeez]

I don’t know if Bae would want to be turned into a boy again. I think he would want to stay as far away from magic as possible

Neither do I think Baelfire would wish it. However, I wonder if the thought of getting his son back as he remembered him was in part motivating Rumpelstiltskin all those hundreds of years.

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

[nonnie]

I don’t know if Bae would want to be turned into a boy again. I think he would want to stay as far away from magic as possible.And if he is the mystery man/Henry's father…I don't think he would want to be turned into the same age as his son lol

Why not then Bae and Henry could grow up together?

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