Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26116863-20151103000104/@comment-27141338-20151103054650

Blech, I hate the new, mushy Rumple too. I practically miss the evil one. XD

But Rumple wasn't really brave as the DO, she said so herself--no matter what walls he puts up to protect himself, he will always be a coward. I think people make the situation more complicated than it actually is--she thought she saw good in him and fell in love with him, and by the time he had manipulated her and betrayed her trust beyond forgiveness, she decided that there was never any good in him at all. But when he nearly died and fell into a coma, she couldn't help but care, since she had devoted so many years of her life to loving him and trying to make him a better person. But now she sees that this Rumple isn't her Rumple, and sort of resents him for that.