Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-1475805-20151207082556/@comment-25926288-20151207184116

CTrent29 wrote: Light. . . dark. . . what is this? Color coordinated morality? Geez! Whatever happened to just good and evil? And yeah. . . I'm going to keep complaining about this. . . forever.

Why do people continue to insist that fictional characters possess some paint-by-the-numbers morality? Of course Rumpel was going to find a way to resume being "the Dark One". I had predicted it as far back as the sixth episode.

First of all, no one on that show is morally pure. Not even Belle, who has made questionable decision or two. Second, even though Rumpel has shown capability of doing the right thing - he will always want the power that being the Dark One gives him. Which is not surprising from a man who spent a good deal of his time being powerless in the hands of others and being too afraid to do anything about it. What did you expect? Go take an art class or a common sense class. Light and Dark aren't colors. A two-year old knows that. (And yeah, no one would ever agree with your logic fail.)

The problem isn't people's expectation it's what is shown. The show paints in absolutes while they do grey things.