Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3486995-20131124234755/@comment-24674051-20141202214506

That makes some sense. However, Milah still could have come back for Bae after she dumped Rumple and before he Turned into the Dark One. He would have been powerless to stop her (or Killian) from taking Bae, and the option for becoming the Dark One might not have been available then.

I'm not saying that Rumple is innocent, because he is guiltier than sin. (and digging the hole even deeper now). My point is that Milah's actions contributed strongly to the direction that Rumple chose to go. And as I stated in the other thread that I started, this whole period of Rumple's life is pivotal to the rest of the entire story.