Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26225812-20150618081046/@comment-26384391-20150707160114

Chameleon-Guy wrote: Joseph8 wrote: I would have preferred if Rumple had remained as the Dark One. He is more epic than Emma. Emma just does not fit as being the Dark One. The Dark One should be Nazi-like.

We've had him for 4 seasons, we will still see him in flashbacks, and I have he feeling he will eventually return to be the Dark One. He can continue his goal of subjugating Anna then.