Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25375217-20161205062236/@comment-4453062-20161205143555

JennaMae wrote: I think that since baby Gideon in the present-day should be a blank slate, Rumple and Belle will successfully change his path and they will get to raise Gideon to not be an evil swordfighter.

The current established future path for Gideon will never come to be and their son will not have to be "redeemed" as an adult. That's my prediction. There currently is no more baby Gideon, though. The Black Fairy literally took him to a Dark Realm, where he was able to age faster. So for him to be a baby again, they would have to de-age him.