Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20161115221120/@comment-27060727-20161118010944

As long as Rumple is the Dark One, I see no real reconcilation on the horizon. That could mean that he'll end the series dead or the writers will suddenly make everything okay again - I really don't know. But Belle has seen that he's had opportunities to break the curse or in 5A's case, it was forced out of him but then he still took the darkness back. I can see them getting to a place where they're peacefully co-parenting their son......but if the writers wanted me to believe that they'd be a great happy "endgame" couple, they probably shouldn't have written the downfall of the relationship to the point that they have. He's unapologetic about his ways and she's no longer as naive.

Adam (+ co.) has still been spouting "hope" and "it's the darkest before the dawn" on Twitter to reassure these fans, so there's that. Though I would take it with a huge grain of salt considering he said almost the exact same things to Robin fans last season and surprise, he /did/ die. I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up together, because they've been such an on/off couple, but I don't think I'd buy the story.