Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1894786-20151102014307/@comment-24757127-20151103083459

Besides the reason that Rumple had countless times to ammend for his many misdeeds to our heroes I also think it's because back when Rumple was the DO we thought it was HIM. Rumple was the sole bad guy. There was no other person or force that made him evil and a villain. We now know that there is an actual esscence or force that gives people evil thoughts, dark magic and all that DO evilness. The Darkness is the actual entity that makes someone the DO, not the dagger or dark magic the dagger provides. They blame the Darkness for turning Emma bad, not the person. Emma is being influenced by The Darkness and the heroes still believe she is not acting in her right mind.

The whole reason to use Rumple to pull the sword isn't because making him brave would make him a hero. It's because of his pure heart, since all the darkness is gone from it. A pure heart is easily swayed in one direction or the other. One heroic task has huge effects on his moral compass so to speak. I do not think he is completely a hero but he is certainly on that path now that he has something to fight against.

Hell no on a brother for Regina and Zelena. That's exactly what we need, another person in Emma's family tree. EVERYONE in Storybrooke seems to be related to each other.

If Zelena's baby is a way out of the show for Zelena A&E will have a riot to deal with. Zelena is absolutely FANTASTIC! So dang clever with her dilalogue! LOVE IT!