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DatNuttyKid wrote: But not as much. The limits would be there, but they would be weakened. And it might not freeze it taking over. Even if it was still not powerful enough, it could have still completely taken over, at which point it would have been powerful enough. Nothing has shown that the DO holds the power back in strength. Nothing says it gets more power as it progresses. Rumple himself says it's simply the bad deeds he did.

Limits on his personality, but not power. But this is a fact we can debate, but we don't have conclusive evidence. Peter Pan was said to be more powerful, but he was able to be trapped.