Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4821842-20151114051347/@comment-11464223-20151206155720

CadoDoan wrote: Farerb wrote: Watching 1x22 again and Rumple specifically said that he created the curse. It is just another retconing and we do is making excuses for the show. Because he created it lol. Think like this. A carpenter takes some planks from wholesaler. But in the end, it is carpenter who creates a table, chair or whatever. I don't know why everyone complains about that Create is different from manufacture. I would say that Regina manufactured the Curse, while Rumple just got the plans to it from whoever created it and put it there to be protected by the Chernabog and the other stuff.

Still retcons Rumple having done anything beyond snatch it, though. Oh well.