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1.  Why did Rumple need to "lock Mr Gold away in a corner of his mind" when the Coven's curse hit in Season 7? Why couldn't he just drink a memory potion like he did the last time a curse hit the Enchanted Forest?

2.  And, while I am on a roll, why was it "Mr Gold" that he locked away .... why not "Rumplestiltskin" as he presumably wanted (and indeed got) all his memories fromhis whole life once he "woke up"?

3.  And ... why didn't he die when Tilly shot him to wake him. He isn't immortal in the Land Without Magic. Or wasn't in Seasons 2 or 4. (I'm thinking of Hook's attempt to poison him in Season 2 and Cruella's reference to his "real world ability to die" in Season 4.)

All of this made no sense to me. Any thoughts appreciated! 