Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4050367-20140717023819/@comment-26255666-20150329075548

Utter solitude wrote: I don't think he ever intended to do anything with Alexandra... I think he knew what would happen and just put himself into place for it.

I think Rumple needed a product of true love not necessarily Snow and Charming's. Alexandra could very easily be a product of true love as well (same for Aurora and Phillip's child). I think if Rumple had succeeded in taking Alexandra that perhaps she could've had Emma's role but when that didn't work out, he went after Snow's instead. After all, wasn't it Snow's idea for Cinderella not to give Rumple her baby? Perhaps that is why he went after hers instead?