Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-25733960-20180519054612/@comment-25926288-20180519213153

It’s probably a council of rulers electing the supreme ruler.

To go back, to Rumple, I understand what the writers were getting at.

Weaver was like Mr. Gold in NY or Weaver in Seattle, no magic, no immortality, but still the Dark One.

The display at the end was Weaver purifying his heart through self-sacrifice and as he can die, through sacrifice, the powers go too.

Recall that Emma would have sacrificed Hook and the DO powers would have been gone from both and existence. Rumple did the same thing except sacrificed himself.

If Hook self sacrifices and takes Emma’s DO powers (as she was the only one besides him), then likewise happened with Weaver’s.

And yes, without the magic/immortality like in the LWM, he can die.