Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1475805-20150331011255/@comment-25355646-20150401152436

I have this theory that Rumple is going to try to get Emma to stab him with the dagger and become the Dark One. I think Rumple is dying for some reason (even though he is the Dark One), based on what he was saying to Belle in 4x16 and how he clutched his heart. I think Zelena did something to him during the 6 weeks he was gone. Knowing that his time is short, Rumple decides that the best way to darken Emma's heart is to have her be the Dark One, since becoming dark is not something that happens overnight, its a gradual process. Rumple needs both the Author and a dark Emma to change the book, so maybe in his near state of desperation, he thinks that the Dark Ones Curse will push Emma to the point of altering the storybook. And if she does so, then Rumple would wake up in an Alternate Universe, as a hero.