Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11058666-20141228031222/@comment-24904109-20150310192851

I am and always will be a fan of Rumple and therefore I wish him a happy ending, even if it turns out to be without Belle. But lets come back to the fake dagger from the first half of the fourth season. Has it ever occured to anyone that he was so desperate to be freed of the dagger, because he loves Belle so dearly? Lets remember the last season, Rumple was forced to hurt his true love because someone was able to control him. After regaining control in the finaly, he wanted to find a way to live with Belle without the fear of beeing controlled through the dagger by someone sinister again. Therfore he had to get rid of the dagger's power somehow. Then he stumbles upon the one magical object which can grant his wish to be him self and still being able to protect his true love. Now by all honesty, who wouldn't try the samething Rumple did? What other choice did he had, I mean what if someone was able to steal the dagger from Belle, and were the forcing Rumple to hurt her once more. No one can deny, that there seems to be no other solution for Rumple than to get rid of his dagger as fast as he can.

With that being said, I dont agree with the methods he chose to acheave his goal. And I dont blame Belle for casting him out, it was a logical conclusion considering her situation.