Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24138799-20141204122940/@comment-24674051-20141212143136

The Wicked Wizard of the West wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote: Cyrus Arc wrote: I think the point was that Rumple was never "the big bad" as he was not the one trying to destroy/take over everything until now. But he does seem to have a knack of finding people that are on the rise to do such things... Which is pretty interesting. And those are probably the most dangerous villians. Manipulate others for their own designs, Never get their hands dirty themselves, and always have someone else available to take the fall when things fall apart, while they hide in the background enjoying what little bit of gain they were able to obtain.

That's what he's done in the past, and that's what he's trying to do with Killian. However, I am going to bet that he has grossly miscalculated and is getting ready to pay the price. I have one question for you: Wouldn't you do everything (good or bad) to get your son back and redeem yourself for the mistake you commited? And As I recollect I never said that Rumple was a good man, I admit, he did bad things but was never "the big bad" at all. Answer, me personally, no I wouldn't. I would make an effort to get him back, yes. and I would definitely want to redeem myself for my mistake. But there are right ways and wrong ways of doing this. But, then again, I am not the type of person where the end justifies the means.

Here's the thing about Rumple. I honestly think that he is a Jekyll and Hyde type of Character. Rumple (the old Rumple) is the Dr. Jekyll, not basically evil or bad. But, he made one mistake. He chose a cowardly way to protect his son when he was drafted to the Ogre War. He took on a second personality, the one buried in the Dagger of the Dark One. The Dark One is his Mr. Hyde. And, at least before he sacrificed himself against Pan, there was a constant battle going on between these 2 forces. and it was fairly balanced. The resurrection unbalanced him, and while Rumple may still be deep inside fighting, the Dark One is much stronger now, so is more controlling of Gold's actions.