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Rubelle wrote: Cora had a highly ambitious and evil inclined heart, Rumple just took advantage o it.

What wonders me, why did Rumple design his curse in a way that someone else had to cast it and someone else has to break it. He could have easily kept himself out of the ambit of the curse and remembered everything and the breaking of the curse need not have been through true loves kiss. Also he could easily design it such a way that a terrible sacrifice as the one Regina had to make would not be necessary. As it is, in the curse, rumple too had the option of bringing things along for a rainy day. He had an assortment of things from BF's wand, to axe of dwarves, to candle that Cora gave to MM,to wallhanger from Emma's crib, means the curse was flexible with him to some extent.

Does that mean, magic, even something as strong and as dark as the one being cast by Dark One had some limitations. Inability to restore life is one of it. What else? I think Rumple couldn't cast it cuz he had no one around to kill and take their heart. Everyone he truly cared for was gone. Plus he know Cora, and Regina when she was baby, so he just chose her to cast it. He needed someone else to break it cuz, he knew he wouldn't remember once the curse was inacted.