Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24722049-20150308032032/@comment-6344309-20150310002757

GothicNarcissus wrote: Sorry, I just can't justify Neal, son of Rumple-"all magic comes with a price"-stiltskin aka The Dark "screwing around with magic to get to his son had extreme and terrible consequences for everybody" One, for the way he died. Gosh, even Belle tried to warn him, but he went on anyways. Why won't anybody learn from their families' mistakes in this show?

On the other hand, Zelena's is still murder by proxy and from Rumple's perspective, that was a good reason to kill her, along with all the enslavement, mind-control, (mild?) sexual assaults and threats to his trophy girlfriend err, True love, nephew and extended family (provided he ever gave a damn about them in the first place). I'm very sorry for the character because I loved Zelena, but in Rumple's wrong, twisted ways, that was the first thing to do. If anything, I mercilessly blame him for the way he used Belle to get himself an alibi. Also, we're talking about a man who mercilessly killed a man for accidently hurting Baelfire. He used Baelfire to cover up the fact that he just wanted to kill someone for the fun of it.