Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5934324-20140208153325/@comment-5834856-20140303131753

Utter solitude wrote:

AspieForPeace wrote: Suggestion: Maybe it's because The Dark One can't kill himself. Remember, Mr. Gold stabbed himself with the dagger. That would be so delicious.... you cannot die naturally, and you can't end your own existence. The only way to end your Curse is to pass it on XD I haven't thought about it that way but may be fitting. Nevertheless passing on the Dark One's Curse means defenitely getting stabbed with the dagger. In 214 Gold was poisoned. His name written on the dagger's blade faded. If the name had faded entirely away he would have died without transferring his powers.

So if you want to use the Dark One's powers there are two possibilities: 1. Kill the previous one. Remeber, Zoso did a lot lift his burden. 2. Controlling the previous one. But it's not enough to possess the dagger in order to control the Dark One. The realm the Dark One lives in has to be one with magic in it. If there's no magic the dagger turns into a simple knife. August Booth made this mistake once.

I'm looking forward to this episode. So glad there are only 6 days unti March the 9th and OUAT starts again.