Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4453062-20160217065238/@comment-25926288-20160429175217

The issue with that is Regina was always a vindictive, impulsive, angry angry villain, while Rumple was vidictive, but also Machievellian "ends justify the means" guy. When Regina changed, she's still rather impulsive, while Rumple has is pretty much still Machievellian because that's who he is.