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@TheDarkOne wrote:
Hi guys! I’m new here and I just thought I’d give you a few thoughts on what I think of Rumpelstiltskin.
I personally see Rumpelstiltskin’s character as more of a tragic figure rather than an evil villain. Traditionally, tragedies are described as when good or decent make one fatal mistake that leads to their downfall. This is exactly what happened to Rumpelstiltskin. Before he became the Dark One, Rumpel was a good and decent man. A bit of a coward, however that doesn’t make you any less good. Most people possess some form of cowardice anyway, so I don’t fault him for that.
His wife abandons him and Bae for whatever reason (an affair, frustration or probably even death), so he’s left alone to raise a child that many don’t even believe is truly his. So from the outset, you have Rumpel already doing something that many men would refuse to do, especially given the time period they’re living in, and that’s raising a child on their own. Many would have given up their child or refused to a child whose whose paternity is under question. I feel like these are things that are conveniently overlooked when people talk about Rumpel’s character. Rumpel probably still has questions about whether or not Bae is his biological son, and yet he still created the curse and sacrificed everything just to find him.
Someone in another thread on this forum brilliantly said that if a man has the common decency to raise the child of another man, then that makes him a REAL MAN. A lot of people have no idea how difficult it is to raise a child, and given everything that Rumpel went through before he became the Dark One, I’d say he did a stellar job. UNTIL he actually became the Dark One. That’s when he screwed up.
Another thing people tend to forget is that after Rumpel became the Dark One, he saved thousands of innocent children from the Ogre Wars. That is no small thing. He ended an entire war. I think that should be highly commended. In the beginning, Rumpel meant to use his new-found powers as a source for good. Saving people, protecting his son. But the evil power of the Dark One slowly began to eat away at his goodness, at his decency. To me, I classify this as the ultimate tragedy. A good man has been lost all because he wanted to help.
All extremely valid points. 😉
For me, “Desperate Souls” and “The Return” are the saddest Rumpel-centric episodes of the season. His intentions, his goals, his main reason for seeking out the Dark One was so that he could prevent his son from being sent to war. He even spoke to Baelfire about how once he had control over the Dark One, he would free all of the children from the war and send them home. And he did that. In fact, that was one of his first deeds after becoming the Dark One. He wanted to use the powers as a source of good and protection. But, like you said, it slowly began to overtake him.
I’m curious to see how other Dark Ones handled their new-found power. Did they have wives, children, families, friends? Did they give them up when they became the Dark One, or were they taken from them as the cosmic “price?”
[adrotate group="5"]I just saved your signature banner to my own personal Imageshack account. It should be showing up now. 😀
@Faux Pax wrote:
That’s possible given what Emma said about Henry’s dad, but i would hate to see it. We saw rumple as the Dark one before we ever got so see him as the town coward, but with Bae he was the kind boy before anything else. Having him be evil would kill me. It would almost be as bad as Henry going darkside IMHO.
I agree. It would be heartbreaking. 🙁 That’s why a part of me hopes that Bae is still the same 14 year old boy that we saw in “Desperate Souls” and “The Return.” I’d like for his innocence to be preserved.
^That all depends on Baelfire’s mental state when we meet him again. After everything he’s suffered through, he may have desolved into madness himself. Evil breeds evil. Many children of horrible parents turn out to be horrible themselves. 😥
@hjbau wrote:
I wonder how Pinocchio decided to be called August in the real world. Wouldn’t he have just told them his name was Pinocchio? Or maybe he picked that name later on in his life.
Maybe he and Emma landed in our world in the middle of the month of August. 😀
@Josephine wrote:
It’s a nice thought, but I think we’re going to go back to those who had magic before will have it again. But then we really have no idea who is going to be able to do what. Magic is unpredictable, according to Regina, in our world so wouldn’t it be wonderful if it didn’t work for any of them. 😆
Possibly. Mr. Gold did say that he was returning what was once lost. So, those who had magic will probably simply regain their powers. AWESOME. 😀
