Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5679696-20130723231240/@comment-4770468-20130724005348

Agree. He created the Curse afterall. Rumple treats name as important, so it makes sense if his name is incomplete. I also dare to theorize that is the reason the Dark One's Dagger doesn't change the name from "Rumplestilskin" to "Mr. ____ Gold" and why the Dark One Curse works differently, not just because of the nature of the LWM but also because of the incomplete name.