Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26225812-20150618081046/@comment-25926288-20150707185009

Rena Charming wrote: But tbf, at that point, Rumple was kind of beyond redemption, like, whatever he would do to stop the darkness, it'd be too little, too late. This is actually more believable, given his history. He's just bad, you guys. An addict. If the power of Rumbelle was what saved him in the finale I honestly would have been pissed. Their moment at the end of 4.19 annoyed the heck out of me, cos it was meant to be seen as selfless, but he still bullied Will into giving Belle her heart back, a heart she probably willingly gave Regina, and he still needed to show off and get credit for it. Why not just let Will just give her the heart and let that be that? I agree with you in part. He acted somewhat reasonably, but I rather he get a rushed change of heart there than get a deus ex machina (a literal change of heart into an empty heart) to suddenly change him.

I honestly wanted him to die simply because they were butchering his character with the poor writing.

Of course, Rumple wanted credit and it was within his reasoning to do so. Belle could have rejected him, but she didn't and I'm certain that he would have accepted if she denied him.

What I don't want is new Rumple to wake up somehow changed. His secondary ordeal was choosing power over love. But they took the power away, so what is his story? They didn't let him die in his power! They didn't let him give it up (again, since he actually did that for Baelfire).