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Arithon911 wrote: 1.  Why did Rumple need to "lock Mr Gold away in a corner of his mind" when the Coven's curse hit in Season 7? Why couldn't he just drink a memory potion like he did the last time a curse hit the Enchanted Forest?

The writers forgot.

2.  And, while I am on a roll, why was it "Mr Gold" that he locked away .... why not "Rumplestiltskin" as he presumably wanted (and indeed got) all his memories fromhis whole life once he "woke up"?

'''Because Rumplestiltskin comes before Mr. Gold. If he locked away his Rumplestiltskin persona, he wouldn't even remember his life after the first dark curse.'''

3.  And ... why didn't he die when Tilly shot him to wake him. He isn't immortal in the Land Without Magic. Or wasn't in Seasons 2 or 4. (I'm thinking of Hook's attempt to poison him in Season 2 and Cruella's reference to his "real world ability to die" in Season 4.)

'''I don't think he survived because he was immortal. He was just lucky to not die.''' Answers in bold.