Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26340222-20160409145716/@comment-27213286-20160410101537

Once Discussion wrote: Frulna wrote: Eskaver wrote: Let me hit at it with logic XD

Holy Grail magic (the Dark One or SOrcerer powers) is an acquired power. Thus, it cannot be inherited. The HG magic is tied to the person, specifically for the Dark One....to their darkness. A baby is born as a blank slate.

Now, that could be iffy if it were a female Dark  One because the baby would be protected under the Dark One magic, one would think and complicated things may happen.

So, I say that it does nothing. I wouldn't even think it as a true love baby but I catch myself because as we all know you can have more than one true love. The baby should be normal anyhow. TL babies don't have magic and neither of the parents have genetic magic. However, I think the baby if under a DO woman should have some durability at least. And let me hit at it with science

Who says that just because it is acquired that it is not inherited as well? No Dark One has had a child before so it is new territory. The appearance of the Dark One changes when they have the power, they go through a rebirth process after getting the powers, and they can now have the gift of magic (which Ingrid and Elsa show can be hereditary) thus it would make sense that they are being changed genetically on the cellular level making the Holy Grail magic hereditary. While the baby is born with a clean slate it could inherit the Holy Grail magic.

Why can a female Dark One protect its baby under Dark One magic but not a male Dark One? Only thing a baby gets from the mother but not the father is nutrition and IgG antibodies during pregnancy. I doubt Holy Grail magic is stored in a persons digestive tract or immune system so it shouldn't matter if it is the mother or father that is the Dark One, would have same result.

So, I say there is a possibility of the baby inheriting some/all of Rumple's power. As for it being a true love baby, it is hard to call it that when the parents are not together. If their love can survive this latest hiccup and they get back together and finally have honesty and trust I will call it true love, until then I see it as a different type of love, not true love. And i disagree that you can have more than one true love. You can love more than one person and you can be in love with more than one person but your true love, in my opinion, is that one person you are destined to be with no matter what and you are only whole when you are with them. I think people only have one true love and are lucky if they are able to find that person in their lifetime. I don't know if true love lasts forever in the the Once universe because, back in Season 1, it was confirmed Belle and Rumple are true love because Rumple was about to lose his Dark One powers when Belle kissed him but, he wanted power to find his son/his love for power more than Belle.

He's a complicated person... I took it as he almost lost his powers because Belle was almost his true love but she was unable to break the curse because she was not quite his true love yet. He loves Belle almost as much as he loves power but a true love is someone you love more than life itself. For Belle to become his one true love he needs to love her more than (or at least as much as) he loves his power. That is just my opinion on the matter though.

And @Michu, it being acquired magic is not proof that it can not be inherited as well, all magic has to come from somewhere. Nobody is arguing that it is not an acquired magic, we are arguing that it can be inherited after someone has acquired it. My argument is that the Dark One magic changes the DNA of the person who is in possession of it making it able to be passed down to the Dark One's offspring.