Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20180421005904/@comment-261373-20180421020302

Leroiblanc wrote: Seasrmar wrote: Wait, I'm confuse. Did Rumple really stop Alice from using the dagger to remove the darkness because he really care for her or another reason that was misinterpret as he care for her? What I mean was when Alice was using the dagger to remove the darkness, it looks like Alice as the Guardian (different from Emma as the Savior) could remove the darkness out of Rumple without it having to occupy another host. It look to me he stop her because once again he wasn't ready to give up his power. The whole Belle VO bit was a bit of internal struggle for Rumple, let Alice take the darkness from him and he could be united with Belle or keep the power. He may just have told Alice that he didn't want her to be doom to a life of darkness and Nook misinterpret it as Rumple did a good thing. But was it a struggle to preserve power? He stopped Alice from absorbing the power because he didn't want her to be burdened with immortality. You're right, he did say immortality. But my question remains the same, was he sincere? I guess I'm trying see how Alice as Guardian different from Emma as Savior removing the darkness. Thought she could remove the darkness without absorbing it herself and immortality was just a side power. If the Guardian was going to essentially remove the darkness that comes with power of immortality, the Guardian should have immortality too. I thought that what Rumple meant.