Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25850402-20160525123525/@comment-25926288-20160525142831

FrancisPaul wrote: Exactly. They have this powerful actor and backstory for Rumple. But Mr. Gold himself could have stayed dead. He doesn't make any sense anymore and has zero development The major problem is:

1. He was perfectly redeemed in 3a's finale.

2. They put on on the path of redemption to do a "twist"

3.  They are dragging out his role.

Rumple appears to be the series villain, but the show dragged out his "regression" and there's no reason why we should care. We went from Complex to Mysterious (3b) to Cartoon Villain (4 and beyond). They should do a "fall" or corruption arc for him, not have him be a really big jerk (that he hasn't ever been) with a touch of Rumple.