Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27603417-20151013025006

Rumple's darkness being sucked by Merlin's hat made his heart a blank slate. I don't know what to feel about this. Before, he's already old when he became the Dark One, and his reputation of being a coward in the Ogre Wars, which was established before him being the Dark One, is not heroic at all. Can't they have anybody else pull the sword?

Snow and Charming are not purely good as established in season 4B, so they're out. Regina is obviously not even a candidate if they're aiming for the "purest hero." Arthur was a hero, and he was able to pull the sword out, but it appears he got corrupted while being a king, so he's out. 