Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11464223-20131118032545/@comment-23906605-20131118135901

SlayerNina wrote: Rumple tooks less than an episode to change from coward-daddy to kill-guardian-machine. No, he didn't.

We saw him change gradually from being a complete coward to "embracing" the darkness he got from turning into the Dark One.

And still, Rumple never stopped loving his son. He was always trying to get him back.

Pan, on the other hand, suddenly went from being "I recognize I'm a terrible father, but I still care for my son" to "Good riddance. You were never loved, Rumple. And if you try to stop me, I will kill you in a heartbeat."