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Rumple was eventually able to choose Baelfire and Belle and Henry over his power, it took him several tries, and perhaps given enough time Pan could have redeemed, but he was an immediate threat so he had to be killed. The other major villains without redemption were Greg and Tamara, who everyone hated, Cruella, explicitly written to be unredeemable, and Hades and Gothel, immediate threats who most likely needed killing to save everyone.