Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20150313202428/@comment-5825802-20150509062728

So my question is that if Rumple needed the elixir (from Walsh's shop) because he couldnt save his heart without magic in New York, why is he dying when he gets back to Storybrooke? And since "Heart of Gold" is a flashback in New York, shouldnt Rumple be hurting the whole time he gets back? or was it temporarily cured by the elixir?

1) He took the elixir from Zelena right? 2) He has magic in Storybrooke so he should be able to be back to normal. Why is he suddenly in so much pain? (And did he say something to Belle in "Lily" about not being able to love when it goes completely black? How does that translate to death? I might just be making that whole thing up.)

HOWEVER, is the darkening of his heart too far along that even magic won't fix it (since there is only one glimmering speck of redin his ol' ticker)?