Board Thread:Show-Related Questions and Answers/@comment-26116863-20150317015052/@comment-25926288-20150317015549

You want the truth or the TRUTH: Preseason 4 answer: Magic works differently in Storybrooke (despite true love kiss working normally).

Season 4 answer: He always loved power more than Belle, or at least at those moments.

The real answer: They don't want Rumple to lose his Dark One status at all/ yet.