Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-63.248.65.214-20130311212622/@comment-6938299-20130312050330

He seems to urge Emma to use magic for his own benefit, like to proove he didn't commit murder. (If he did the same magic..would everyone have trusted he wasn't showing them what he wanted them to see?) Also to protect the shop while he is being attacked, breaking the curse...

However I think Emma's heart is strong enough to resist using magic for negative purposes,  so maybe it would be good if Rumple taught her. If she can use magic for good, maybe Rumple could learn to as well. I wonder if the dark one's power would work if he used a postive motivations, like wanting to protect, or if its only fueled by the darker motivations. Maybe if he could transform his motivations to "un do" the "dark one" curse, he turn it in to something benevolent. That'd be cool.