Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25703308-20151007044703/@comment-25926288-20151007050022

Nope, not tied together.

Rumple was wanting to turn her dark to harvest her blood for the ink for the Author, but technically Emma shouldn't be able to go dark. Now, if she actually can, then Rumple was victim of cartoon villain syndrome where the plan changes every episode.

Emma becoming the Dark One was of her own volition. Isaac and Rumple did prophesy that Emma would go dark; they just didn't know how.