Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24.193.18.17-20130513233057/@comment-24674051-20170131191307

While you do bring up some good points, I think the son in the prophecy is Baelfire, because the whole context of the conversation is based around Baelfire and Rumple finding him. However, the prophecy was never clear on what boy would lead Rumple back to Baelfire, it has always just been assumed that the boy is Henry. And the events of Season 2 and 3A seem to fulfill the prophecy.

Now, prophecy's are, as has been pointed out, never what the seem to be on the surface, and many prophecies can have multiple fulfillment, both in the here and now, and in the time yet to come. So while we may have had a fulfillment of the prophecy, there is always the chance that there is more to come. and seeing Baelfire again could mean that, somehow, Rumple dies and moves on, allowing him to see him again in the afterlife. And his undoing in this case would truly be his death, probably at the hands of the 'boy' of the prophecy.

Now, I'm not saying that this will happen (Actually, I doubt that it will), but it is definitly a possibility that the writers could consider, should they think of it.