Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24138799-20141204122940/@comment-26179634-20141212112953

The Wicked Wizard of the West wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote: Cyrus Arc wrote: I think the point was that Rumple was never "the big bad" as he was not the one trying to destroy/take over everything until now. But he does seem to have a knack of finding people that are on the rise to do such things... Which is pretty interesting. And those are probably the most dangerous villians. Manipulate others for their own designs, Never get their hands dirty themselves, and always have someone else available to take the fall when things fall apart, while they hide in the background enjoying what little bit of gain they were able to obtain.

That's what he's done in the past, and that's what he's trying to do with Killian. However, I am going to bet that he has grossly miscalculated and is getting ready to pay the price. I have one question for you: Wouldn't you do everything (good or bad) to get your son back and redeem yourself for the mistake you commited? And As I recollect I never said that Rumple was a good man, I admit, he did bad things but was never "the big bad" at all. In a way he kind of was the big bad though. He did everything in his power to back Regina into the corner of having to cast the Dark Curse to finally get her revenge. That was of course was after corrupting and twisting her from the kind woman who felt trapped in a life she never really wanted into his ultimate monster, The Evil Queen. You also have to remember it was Rumplestiltskin's Dark Curse, he's the one who after all of his years of being the Dark One, finally came up with it. Well that's my argument for Rumple actually being the big bad.