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8Rob wrote: Well... he is the main villain now, and we know what happens to villains at the end of the arc

But I agree, they ruined the character after 3x22.

His son sacrifed himself and died in front of him.... and Rumple didn't learn the lesson. His behaviour since 4x01 has been beyond stupid. And people notably saw it, especially in his Rumple(EF) character. Look at Anna and Rumple and you can just feel like something's missing. Now, A&E have a habit of tell, not show (I know that is how backwards they are) and this time they told in an interview. Somehow, we were to get he was struggling with a PTSD-like trauma and the death of his son and resurrection, but we didn't really get that at all. So, many thought that Rumple was pretty much the episodic cartoon villain evil, just for power and to....take over the world (When has he ever wanted to do that...ever?)