Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34924658-20161031211322/@comment-25926288-20161031221415

To briefly explain Rumple's tumbling through 4b.

First, Rumple just took Regina's crazy idea of an Author.

Early 4B Rumple's plan was to fill Emma with darkness. Except she couldn't be.

Mid 4B Rumple pretty much stumbled on the fact that Emma freed the Author. Cruella decided to off herself and Rumple acted as though it was his plan, which it wasn't.

Later on, Rumple exclaims how he knew Emma and Lily to meet and his plan would succeed, which wasn't his plan. Emma's darkness was in Lily and the whole time Rumple was trying to darken Emma. Nothing came of Emma and Lily meeting.

At the end, the Author just decided to comeback because....reasons.