Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160321010032/@comment-25926288-20160325004625

Jordy267 wrote: To be honest, I think Milah was a joke in the flashback, and I don't know why everyone blames Rumple for his decision. Yes, he sold her chance for another baby (with Rumple) but it was still to save the child she already had - and ended up abandoning.

But if she thought it was so easy to kill a man and steal something from him, why couldn't she do it herself? God knows she was more able than Rumple and his limp. But no, she just told Rumple to do it and wandered off to the tavern.

Personally, I think sparing the healer's life was one of the few good things Rumple had done. I wouldn't ask my boyfriend to kill a man for something - if I was desperate enough, maybe I'd do it myself, but I couldn't ask him to become a murderer while I sat back and waited. And if he'd found another way around the problem, I wouldn't have blamed him. Rumple was right - one child with a happy family is better than 2 children with a murderer for a father and a darkness in their house. You're looking through a fun house mirror, but not alone. Rumple and Milah were both terrible people and they both had problems. And people blame Rumple for his decision because he's the one that made it. The probelm was that he sold away her agency, which is never something someone should do. So, in simple terms, Milah was trapped and pushed her frustrations out on Rumple and Rumple wasn't much of a helpful person.

So, Milah was wrong to get Rumple do deliver vigilante justice, but Rumple was wrong in not talking to Milah first because he sold Milah's chance to have another child with him. You can't make decisions for others in your relationship without talking about things.