Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5305135-20131013142123/@comment-1293767-20131027073054

I always wondered what Rumple would do with the children if/when he got them.

My theory was that he became obsessed with the "firstborns" after the loss of Bae and used it as a standard by which to guage what kind of person he was dealing with. He has a lot of self loathing about letting Bae go, so when he demands someone else's firstborn and they actually agree to it, I think he deems them unfit to be parents to that child in the first place because they are willing to give them up.

So, if he actually got these innocent children, would he raise them? Try to find worthy parents? What? We haven't seen a situation where he has successfully procured a firstborn, have we?