Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26225812-20150618081046/@comment-25926288-20150707194047

Rena Charming wrote: Another thing that will remain always is his cowardess, which will probably continue to be a decisive flaw no matter what comes his way next. Side question now: is he in some sort of mystical coma mow? I didn't really get that. His heart is likely recovering.

But my point is he had power, a dreadful curse, but he did not choose to rid hoimslef over it for love. That's the whole point of the Beauty and the Beast parallel.

THe Apprentice took out Rumple's darkness too. So, in esssence he should not fo evil at least not at first.

I doubt it did much, so I agree with you, but I don't have the faith in the writers to take it that way. They butchered his character with poor writing post season 3a (he was fairly good in 3b or any scenes with Belle.).

THey probably don't want to kill of Rumple even though most villains die at the end of the season. Bold Storytelling would have been Rumple dying and showing that sometimes love doesn't win. That is how real life works.