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Fractuared Fairytales wrote: >_> That's been the point from the beginning. It was never implied that any of it was choice. Rumple tells Charming and Snow in one of the very first episodes that it was prophecied their baby would break the curse.

And now even Rumple's actions and manipulations seem predestined. Like seeing a 2D diagram from 3D viewpoint. Henry was known in NL for a long time now.