Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25733960-20161220045027/@comment-1916997-20161229042632

Hmcooper4 wrote: I agree that we don't know how the whole genetics thing works, and I would not hold my breath for a scientific explanation of the matter from the writers.

Saying that Rumple is "Half-Fairy" simply implies that one of his parents (his mom) is a fairy. That would be like someone saying that they were half African because one of their parents was African, or someone saying they were half German for the same reason. I'm perfectly fine with referring to Rumple as half fairy, as it is a reasonable description.

Now, let's just hope that Black is not somehow closely related to Blue (like a sister... ew). I'd hate to see the already messed up family tree become even more convulted by bringing Blue in as Henry's Great, Great Aunt. You still can't say he is half fairy though. A fairy appears to be a species (or sub species or something), whereas saying someone is African or German is a race or ethnicity. They are not the same thing, and before we say Rumple (before becoming the Dark One) is anything other than 100% human, we need to see what state the Black Fairy was in when Rumple was concieved and born.