Initial reactions.

[Myril]

Rumple was so stressed and feeling that he was just a second away from exploding, that he went to the bathroom to blow off steam. He was frustrated and scared and nervous about getting really closer now to see his son again. There was nothing deliberate in injuring his hand, he had a tantrum. Think he suspected already, that he had no magic to use, but at that moment, out of habit and hoping to be wrong he nevertheless gave it try.

Don’t think that the scanner took magic away from him, Rumple lost his magic the moment he crossed the town line, and he suspected he would. Why should that happen at the airport, what influence should anything of our modern tech world have on magic? He got his memory back, so then why not his magic as well, when the shawl ever protect that too (what I highly doubt). Storybrooke is a bubble of magic in a world without magic. Only items that carry some magic inside them, like the shawl, do work outside the limits of Storybrooke, but you can’t create new magic outside, the magic abilities of a person vanish the moment they cross the town line. Mr. Gold only created a potion to prevent one from losing the Fairy Tale Land identity, what I think was the easier task compared to keeping one’s magic (if the later would ever be possible at all)

Something did happen when Gold had to take of the shawl – he began to revert to his cursed Storybrooke self, he got a taste of what would happen if. He was at a loss, and it scared the heck out of him. One thing Gold hardly can stand is feeling freightened and helpless, so following that moment he felt frustration and than anger.

As I don’t think that in the end scene Gold was scared of flying. He’s stressed out because with every step they take, he is getting closer to see his son again, and we know he doesn’t expect a happy reunion, he told Archie as much, and at the same time Gold is more and more out of his element, being away from magic, getting deeper into our world without magic. Shouldn’t forget, it took him around 300 years to come to this point. Considering that I marvel at his self control.

@sacrlc wrote:

I do agree with Gaultheria, why didn’t he shrink it or turn it into a handkerchief that he could have kept in is pocket?

Good question, but my guess is, if he shrank the shawl it wouldn’t be anymore the shawl that is so important to him, which he holds most dear, then it wouldn’t work as the talisman anymore. It’s not just the potion that gives the shawl its memory protective property. Besides shrinking it would have deprived us of this great airport scene. 😉

And as others have noted, why did he want to fly instead of driving? Flying between Logan and La Guardia/JFK takes a LOT longer than driving between the two.

I am a person who thinks that driving any longer than one hour with a car is torment, but I am a European. Prefer to ride a train or take a flight even if it might take a bit longer. Not to mention, it reduces accident risk. 😉

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