Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20131105202753/@comment-4839682-20131209204606

Sroczynski wrote: I remembered someone said, Rumple ripped out his own shadow but didn't die, because he was a magical person, and Greg was only a normal man from LWM, so that's why he got killed. But now, a magical person, Blue died when her shadow was ripped out. I'm confused...

Before Rumple cut off his shadow, he did some magic flick with his hand, and the shadow froze on the rock face. It would seem he didn't just freeze his shadow, but detach it from himself.

Greg and the Mother Superior, however, did not have this protection, and their shadows were ripped from their bodies.