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Stonicus wrote: Spincha wrote: Oh, I also thought of something else.

I don't believe what happened to Frederick was an accident. Midas touched James's sword, and changed it while James was holding it. James wasn't affected.

Frederick was completely covered in armour. Chain shirt, guantlets... the works.

I think it would be silly that Midas's touch could "bleed" like this in the first place, even if they hadn't specifically showed that it couldn't.

If it bled through like that, the entire world would be solid gold...

But, if MIdas was truly that evil, he would flood the world with gold and crash the economy. I don't think so. Keeping gold valuable is keeping him rich. Everyone in the series who creates gold (Midas, Cora, Rumplestiltskin) knows this. Someone who would flood the world with gold would probably be good-aligned, albeit probably chaotic and misguided.