Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24386552-20141110020843/@comment-12459636-20141209031448

Brzoskwinia wrote: Becky411234 wrote: YayMona wrote: I'm thinking that my theory that Rumple will be the main antagonist for the whole of season four is starting to come true. NOOO! He is the Beast! As in "The Beauty and the Beast": He can't just stay a villian! I'm trying to figure out when Rumple changed from "I'll be a hero for Belle and do what's best for her" to "Oh well I'm still a coward so I'll be full on villian and destroy the world!" What Happened? I don't think he ever really wanted to be good. It was because of Neal, and now his son is gone, so he is villain again. But clearly he never cared about Belle and Neal so much, he killed Zelena even if she didn't killed Neal and it was something Neal wouldn't want.

Also, am I the only one who think it would be little pathetic if Rumple will be redeemed one more time? For me he is 100% evil, not like other villains on the show and I can't wait the moment someone will defeat him. 100% evil is rather harsh. He does genuinely love Belle and he did go to save Henry, not to mention his sacrifice, his sparing of Robin Hood, the way he helped Hansel and Gretel, and several other instances show he does have a heart. The fact that he regrets his past actions is honestly a bit more than you can say for Regina, Pan, Cora, and a few others. This season actually started off with him regretting the dagger trick and undoing it after all,

That being said, he has become really evil since the hat and I gotta agree with Becky, it's honestly weird. The whole world takeover thing is in particular very out of nowhere. I'd like to say that in-universe, the Hat is kicking his magic addiction into overdrive but according to A&E, it's all him so I guess the only real explanation is...the writers want it that way.

But I still love Rumple, I ship rumbelle and so forth. Hopefully, things will work out. If not, I blame the writers and will vent with fanfics where Rumple redeems himself. LOL!