Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160509005929/@comment-25375217-20160512025155

Hmcooper4 wrote: Well, one thing to remember about Rumple is that he is ultimately behind everything in Storybrooke. He found the "original" Dark Curse. He trained Regina to cast it. He used the True Love from David and Snow to bring Magic back to Storybrooke. He was responsible for keeping Elsa in an urn. He was responsible for bringing the Queens of darkness together. Shall I continue?

Rumple is the power behind the power. Even when Regina was Mayor for the 28 years, and Rumple was without his memory (if he really WAS without his memory, which I am wondering about now), he was still the one that was in charge.

The only thing that Rumple did NOT bet on is that his Son would meet and impregnate the Savior, producing a child that was prophesied to be his downfall.

So, Rumple will alway be behind anything that happens, and like now, will be there to pick up the pieces, and try to use them to his advantage. (Whatever IS he going to do with that piece of Olympian Crystal?) Yeah, at this point I'd be more upset if they suddenly didn't make Rumple a big bad in some way.