Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5679696-20130311021240/@comment-43458778-20190810193054

67.168.180.205 wrote: I understand why Rumpel had such a violent reaction to Belle in Skin Deep now. He was rejected by Milah because he was a coward, and was left to raise Bae by himself, crippled no less. Eventually he gained power as the Dark One, and used his powers to murder Milah because she chosed to be with Hook instead of him.

Cora fell in love with the power-hungry Rumpel and wanted to be with him, what is ironic is that she also chosed something else over him, power itself. Even with himself no longer a "coward" Rumpel still gets rejected. After that blow he probably felt like no one could ever love him.

P.S I loved it how it was Rumbelle feels that finally reconnected Nealfire and Mr. Gold! ^_^ 1) Rumpel never "gained power" - he was gifted with it by the prior Dark One, who told him he chose Rumpel because he knew how to recognize a "desperate soul." Rumpel was desperate to save his son and ended up being addicted to the power, which actually made him even MORE of a coward. He lost the crutch and started using magic as a crutch. He simply exchanged one act of cowardice for another.

2) If Cora actually loved Rumpel so much that she ripped out her own heart, it means Rumpel was not only rejected by Mila but also by Cora as well as both of his parents. It wasn't just Cora's rejection that cut him to the core. As evil and vile as he was, one begins to horridly understand why Rumpel behaves the way he does and believes himself so unlovable that the only thing he could make love to was that dagger.

3) Rumpel's reaction to Belle was a direct result of Rumpel's own actions. In his quest to be respected, he relinquished love.

In a Twilight-Zone-ish replay, we see Regina get her wish only to have it fail -- not just because people fought her back once they woke up in Storybrooke, but because Regina realized that happiness only had a very short reach when people love you because you force it and not because they actually care.

Even in Twilight Zone, this crooked man runs up on a character named PIP and realizes he got everything he wanted in the end...but only after he was burning in the pits of hell.