How will Henry be Rumple’s undoing?

[MatthewPaul]

One thing I don’t think anyone has brought up is the possibility of breaking Rumple’s curse as the Dark One via outright destroying the dagger. In “The Return”, Rumple even tells August that he can destroy the dagger. Perhaps Henry destroys the dagger, or Rumple ends up destroying the dagger himself to protect Henry? If the dagger can in fact be destroyed, not only would Rumple likely be cured, but nobody else would be able to become the new Dark One. The dagger could also be similar to the One Ring from Lord of the Rings, where it can only be destroyed via a certain way, which would present another challenge.

[Myril]

@ItachiIshtar wrote:

One thing I don’t think anyone has brought up is the possibility of breaking Rumple’s curse as the Dark One via outright destroying the dagger. In “The Return”, Rumple even tells August that he can destroy the dagger. Perhaps Henry destroys the dagger, or Rumple ends up destroying the dagger himself to protect Henry? If the dagger can in fact be destroyed, not only would Rumple likely be cured, but nobody else would be able to become the new Dark One. The dagger could also be similar to the One Ring from Lord of the Rings, where it can only be destroyed via a certain way, which would present another challenge.

Yes, mentioned that idea here a few days ago. Thanks for bringing it up again.

Sometimes it’s so hard to see the simple solution, because we’re all fixated on other things that have been put so prominently in front of our eyes. It’s selective attention (maybe some of you have heard of the invisible gorilla, otherwise go watch this video). Not just talking about us fans but about the characters as well.

Possible someone did try it, and they learned, that the dagger is indestructible, but somehow I doubt that. Think no one so far really considered that option. And kids are sometimes great in coming up with good simple solutions, if you let them, their minds are not filled with all the crap making adults’ lives and more so their views on live so complicate.

Not to mention, even if it means pretty much uncontrollable danger we so often are convinced in being able to control any power and make use of it for the good. I too see some similarities between the One Ring and the Dark One’s dagger.

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