Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24138799-20141204122940/@comment-24674051-20141208221618

No, I guess turning people into snails and smashing them is not evil. :)

However, I see your point. Compared to the Rumple in the EF, Gold's current status is definitely much more malignant.

I am kinda of the opinion that all of this "change" stems back to his resurrection, coupled with the loss of Neal. I'm not sure that the Rumple we came to know (the somewhat reformed, kinda good, kinda bad) is what actually came out of the vault of the Dark One. I think what came from the Vault was more Dark ONe and less Rumple.