Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-34563899-20180202235154/@comment-28162607-20180205164830

Lady Junky wrote:

Aine1989 wrote: Milah was not the one who deserted from the army and attatched the coward label to her family name, making them outcasts. That's true.

But she is the one who chose to shame and abuse her husband cos of that, rather than try to support him or even understand him. She is the one who prefered to abandon & neglect Bae on many occasions. Rumple prefered to sacrifice his reputation - and so, himself - rather than letting his son growing without a father, like Malcolm did to him.

Who can blame a father for choosing his son over himself?

The issue is Rumple refusing to take responsiblity for his actions and the harm they caused to the family.