Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26125643-20150404195634/@comment-25926288-20150406030956

TheSamTrickster wrote: Eskaver wrote: All magic can be sucked into the hat, but Rumple purposely used those with powerful light magic. What do Blue and Emma have in common? '''Why leave the Apprentice out of that bunch of powerful light magic? He could have absorbed dark magic users, but he didn't.'''I won't get worked up over something minor, but I watch the show intently and several times over. Not all things are told to you. He put the Apprentice in their out of spite and so he wouldn't be there when he accomplished that feat and also he's a source of magical power just like everyone else absorbed.

Of course there are assumptions and unfounded speculation, but if you really want something you would find it. '''I assume the Apprentice can pose a threat to Rumple. I mean he beat him as a mouse (kidding). He likely is given his power by the Sorcerer or at least a powerful person the Sorcerer trust his stuff too. Even the Chernabog was a threat to Rumple, I assume there are others that can pose a threat to him.''' He didn't purposely capture those people with light magic, May I also point out that Regina now wields light and dark magic. If you are talking purposely he coudl have also suck Regina in the hat. We know that Regina's light magic is extremly powerful strong enough to defeat Zelena which we all know can only be "defeated by the perveyor of STRONGEST light magic" and due to the fact that she produced it via true love,  yet she wasn't purposely sucked into the hat. Its not that the apprentice poses a threat to Rumple, the existence of magic itself is a threat to rumple because you can only harm him through magic. Even if you are a minor magic wielding person you can defeat rumple, evident with "the price of gold episode" where a drop of ink disabled rumple completely. Imagine having done that and set rumple on fire, its the end of rumple, i'm not saying these magicla people are no threats to rumple, its how they use their magic,which is wy i pointed out before that with the level of cleverness rumple poses and the way he strategize, the apprentice cannot beat him. Regina was away from everyone and was in that vault forever. He could have taken her and Ingrid too, but he didn't. I don't think Rumple is easy to beat, but I think the apprentice may be on his level of power, just not as clever or agile(lol). For example, I think Ursula could have defeated Rumple or tied with him, but she didn't seem like she knew how to use her power well or she just uses it sparingly.

But back on topic, why would Rumple not let the Apprentice out, because he is a threat. Threat to his plan with lots of knowledge and lots of power. I mean Rumple can't even travel to other worlds on his own, yet the Apprentice can conjure portals to the LWM and transfer darkness. If he was freed, Rumple's plan would have likely failed.