Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3038174-20130806062201/@comment-5655661-20130927173950

I guess Rumple can see many possible outcomes, but it is all about people and their decisions so he can't really know what's gonna happen. There are many different paths that people can choose, so I guess that's why he was involved in all those stories, he wanted to make sure that certain people will make certain decisions that would eventually lead to him finding his son.