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How exactly is TLK supposed to work? Do both parties have to be in love? Can it be one sided? On one hand, Rumple couldn't wake up Belle because, I assume, she no longer loved him at that point. On the other, Morpheous was able to wake Belle just because he already loved her as a mother, but she had just met him.

Did she just instantly love him because he had just told her he was her son? I'm not sure, because he basically had to prove it to her with the TLK before she believed him. Or will it work if both parties will love each other at some future point in time? Did Rumple's TLK just not work because he was so torn between her and his power, or did she really stop loving him?

What are the rules? 