Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25551215-20160315233708/@comment-24674051-20160912162129

Well, at the beginning at least, Rumple will be invested in reviving Belle, and dealing with any ramifications of that storyline. Also, based on conversations that Rumple had with Belle in the end of Season 5, I don't see him going to the Dark path again. He has embraced his darkness, but he's not be to be evil with it. I think he'll end up as more of a "The end justifies the means" type of anti-hero. He's still wanting to get back into Belle's good graces (He does still love her very much), and being evil won't get him there. However, with some of the changes we've seen in Belle (She's taken a few steps down the darker path), she might be more willing, eventually, to accept Rumple and his darkness as long as Rumple can at least continue to be honest about his intentions.

I see Rumple embracing more of the honesty he started showing toward the end of Season 5. I mean, he still had his bad moments, and he is still a super addict to power, but he was more honest than not (at least that is how I saw him), and he at least started to see (in my opinion) that honesty tended to get him further towards his goals than deception and deals.