Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26340222-20160409145716/@comment-27213286-20160410091446

Eskaver wrote: Let me hit at it with logic XD

Holy Grail magic (the Dark One or SOrcerer powers) is an acquired power. Thus, it cannot be inherited. The HG magic is tied to the person, specifically for the Dark One....to their darkness. A baby is born as a blank slate.

Now, that could be iffy if it were a female Dark  One because the baby would be protected under the Dark One magic, one would think and complicated things may happen.

So, I say that it does nothing. I wouldn't even think it as a true love baby but I catch myself because as we all know you can have more than one true love. The baby should be normal anyhow. TL babies don't have magic and neither of the parents have genetic magic. However, I think the baby if under a DO woman should have some durability at least. And lt me hit at it with science Who says that just because it is acquired that it is not inherited as well? No Dark One has had a child before so it is new territory. The appearance of the Dark One changes when they have the power, they go through a rebirth process after getting the powers, and they can now have the gift of magic (which Ingrid and Elsa show can be hereditary) thus it would make sense that they are being changed genetically on the cellular level making the Holy Grail magic hereditary. While the baby is born with a clean slate it could inherit the Holy Grail magic.

Why can a female Dark One protect its baby under Dark One magic but not a male Dark One? Only thing a baby gets from the mother but not the father is nutrition and IgG antibodies during pregnancy. I doubt Holy Grail magic is stored in a persons digestive tract or immune system so it shouldn't matter if it is the mother or father that is the Dark One, would have same result.

So, I say there is a possibility of the baby inheriting some/all of Rumple's power. As for it being a true love baby, it is hard to call it that when the parents are not together. If their love can survive this latest hiccup and they get back together and finally have honesty and trust I will call it true love, until then I see it as a different type of love, not true love. And i dissagree that you can have more than one true love. You can love more than one person and you can be in love with more than one person but your true love, in my opinion, is that one person you are destined to be with no matter what and you are only whole when you are with them. I think people only have one true love and are lucky if they are able to find that person in their lifetime.