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It seems to me that Rumplestiltskin is not as “dark” as the original Dark One. What I mean is that the previous Dark One really did not want to be the Dark One. He really went out of his way to get Rumplestiltskin to kill him and assume his power.
Now I know Rumplestiltskin is lonely and certainly missing his son and now his lovely Belle. But Rumplestiltskin has not yet found a successor. You’d think after “centuries” he would have found another desperate soul if he really found the curse a burden.
Rumple has also used his powers to “help people” even if it is in exchange for something to his benefit. (i.e. “helping” Cinderella, Jiminy, Belle’s fathers land, and even Snow per her request).
The first Dark One (of course maybe controlled by the evil Duke of the first Ogre Wars) seemed to really be creamy, dark and sinister. Rumple can come across dark but then he also has his peculiar sense of humor and seems to delight in the moments when his deals are sealed. I mean the original Dark One never had a crazy giggle!
There are a few explanations for this:
1. Rumplestiltskin really likes being the Dark One and having his power even though he is lonely. This would be supported in the way he did not want Belle to break the curse.
2. He wants to get out of the curse but he does not want to die. Therefore, he has spent his lifetime trying to find an alternate way of getting out of the curse. But in this case, why didn’t he go ahead and let Belle’s kiss finish working? Seems he still needs his powers for some other reason. Either he is trying to keep the Evil Queen from controlling all of FTL? Or he is still trying to search for a way to bring back or find his son Baelfire? I know this leads to whether Bael is alive or not. I don’t think it is possible that Bael is alive in FTL, but possibly he was sent to our world in the future (while he was still alive in FTL) by Rumple for the purpose of meeting up with Emma and being the keys to breaking the curse. His original purpose for assuming the powers as he told Bael was to help others.
I would think a part of him still remembers this even if he is more maniacal now.
[adrotate group="5"]I’m thinking more and more that Mr. Gold/Rumpelstiltskin wrote the book and “placed” it for MM to give to Henry.
Now that we have confirmation that Mr. Gold knows who he is, it may really be that HE has given all the Storeybrooke residents their memories. Possibly even Regina’s, Regina just thinks she’s in control, but it’s really Mr. Gold guiding how everything works out to ultimately break the Queen’s curse.Also wasn’t sure if Mr. Gold’s hired muscle was Hordor the soldier who was belittling Rumpelstiltskin before he became the Dark One in Desperate Souls, but I guess he should theoretically be dead since that was centuries ago.
Was rewatching Desperate Souls tonight and picked up on a line from Mr. Gold.
After realizing Mr. Gold set the fire at the Mayor’s office, Emma goes to find Gold at his shop. As she enters she swings the shop door open a little hard, jingling the bell attached to the door.
Gold makes a comment “Hope you don’t break my little ‘Belle’ “.
OK maybe I’m jumping to conclusions but thought it was at least a cute coincidence.
