Is Anyone Else Confused & Bothered With Rumple's Storyline?

[RumplesGirl]

These big emotional moments are being skipped over in favour of action! Plot! New Villains who’ll be dead when their half of the season is up!

Shiny Toy Syndrome.

I really have nothing else to add to POM’s post–it’s basically 100% spot on

[Keb]

Yeah, PoM hit the nail on the head. Though I was annoyed as heck when Belle was entirely absent, one of the moments that stands out this season is Rumple’s speech in the mansion to Emma–which they’ve pretty much said would have been cut if the episode hadn’t been expanded to two hours. Yet that speech characterized Rumple and Emma (and even Belle) better than any action they’ve done this season.

Keeper of Belle's Gold magic, sand dollar, cloaks, purple FTL outfit, spell scroll, library key, copy of Romeo and Juliet, and cry-muffling pillow, Rumple's doll, overcoat, and strength, and The Timeline. My spreadsheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6r8CySCCWd9R0RUNm4xR3RhMEU/view?usp=sharing

[Keb]

Also: I keep thinking about Hook’s “dying request” and Rumple’s response to it. He’s like, yeah, not making deals with you, until he hears what it is–and then he offers Hook some slim reassurance. His face is actually almost compassionate when he says Emma & Storybrooke are safe from him, before he adds the caveat (though he seems to think it unlikely, and may actually be warning his puppet with it more than anything else).

Let’s add to that the conversation about the fleas: Hook is appalled that Rumple would condemn the entire town, including his grandson; Rumple is equally appalled that Hook even suggests he’d let something happen to Henry (at this point in his development, I hasten to add). And when Hook is terrified that Rumple will make him hat Emma…Rumple’s come up with a better plan and doesn’t force Hook to attack Emma even though he could.

Unlike Zelena, he’s not keeping his puppet caged, he’s not physically torturing him and is really only using him for the things he absolutely needs for his plan, he’s not ording him to kill the woman he loves, and he’s showing glimmers of compassion for what he’s doing, however faint.

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[PriceofMagic]

I still have hope that Rumple will get his redemption

All magic comes with a price!

Keeper of Felix

[RumplesGirl]

I still have hope that Rumple will get his redemption

I don’t doubt that the will, but I’m starting to believe that it won’t A) be how we always envisioned and B) might not be an actual happy ending.

Case in point….Ingrid’s happy ending ended up being death. Rumple did the same “sacrifice” theme in 3A except his final words were acknowledging that he doesn’t get a happy ending…so in that case death =/ = HEA. But the second time around….

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

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