Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-4877635-20140505150912/@comment-9241531-20140505183036

Dan Fox wrote: He also mentioned that it wasn't Zelena, some of the time, that resulted in some of his actions.

I took this sentence quite literally when Rumple said it last night. Thought, "oh weird.  he was able to control himself a bit?  He was choosing to be bad sometimes, during all of this?". THEN I interpreted it a different way. I think this sentence was a blanket moratorium on all his bad actions from the past. Meaning, it was always Zelena's fault. Before Zelena, it was his fault. And Belle stood by him.

I want to officially say that I was extremely disappointed in Rumple last night. He's not ready to change.

Somewhere down the line, I think our heroes are going to have to defeat the Dark One. They're going to have to try to destroy the dagger, eliminating Rumple himself, as well as the possibility of their being a future DO.