Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24.193.18.17-20130513233057/@comment-4839682-20130912213727

Alphanugget wrote: Well the seer's prophecy was correct, Bae did lose his dad. Rumple chose magic over Bae. It would seem that a prophecy, once known, becomes self-fullfilling. Rumplestiltskin did not want die on the front lines and leave his child fatherless, so he injured himself so he could go home. However, those actions ultimately led to Baelfire being fatherless. In theory, had he stayed on the battlefield, he likely would have died, leaving the son fatherless. Either way, it comes true.