Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-96.242.16.254-20130429044335/@comment-108.49.79.202-20130608025144

I love that they gave Rumple's darker side a partner in Lacey, I thought that was really cool.

That said, I haven't read all the responses to this topic but I have to say that the OP is wrong, Rumple's true love is Belle and not Lacey. Yes, Lacey embraces his dark side, but his dark side is not him-think back to pre-Dark-One Rumple. THAT is who Rumple REALLY is, it's the dark magic of the dark One's curse that's changed him and given him that dark side. Belle is in fact the one that wants Rumple to be who he truly is, the man he truly is, while Lacey is the one that's more the opposite.