Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26509198-20160128192455/@comment-24674051-20160130191926

True, But I also think his heart was already starting to weaken even before Belle gave him the boot. Now, he has a fresh, clean heart. Plus a lot of dark power (how much is yet to be seen). and 300 years of understanding what it is to be the Dark One. And maybe, just maybe, Rumple can figure out how to control that darkness. I mean, that has been one of his goals all along, even though he may not have realized it.

will he be manipulitive? probably. Is he going to lie? well, he already has. However, I don't think he's going to be able to keep this lie hidden very long, and I'm hoping that, just maybe, he'll come clean to Belle before she finds out through other channels. that would probably be the first right thing he's done in over 300 years.