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i think you may have something there. I hope it's not contagious. XD

Seriously, Hyde came off as very self-serving and self-righteous, but he never struck me as truly sinister. Even when he was holding the Charmings and company captive, his intent did not seem necessarly evil. The way that it came across to me was simply that he did not want any interference with his plans to allow the stories to be told, and as long as they were out of the way, he was content. In fact, it was Hyde that made the comment about the danger being when someone was let out of their cage (which I took as an inference to his own situation with Jekyll, and the possibility that Jekyll could be the bigger problem). Admittedly, once he learned about Rumples situation, he capitalized on it by getting Rumple's attention (through and 'ends justify the means' type of action), which allowed him to move the location of the LoUS to SB. But his goal is still the same, and seems to be to allow stories that for some reason are untold to be able to be completed.

So, I think you may be onto something about Hyde becoming an object lesson about taking shortcuts to complete a task, and I think the reference to "Savior" of the LoUS may not be that far off the mark.