Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-68.125.32.224-20130312042332/@comment-25423394-20130415142857

I think Rumple and Cora were in love with each other, but it wasn't true love's kiss they shared before Cora ripped out her heart. Before that, their kisses were just normal, for lack of a better word "lust" kisses. I think Rumple and Cora had a purely "physical" love. Belle, on the other hand, loved Rumple in spite of who and what he was. And Rumple's heart was open to Belle more deeply than with Cora. I think, by the time Rumple had opened his heart to Cora, had they kissed, the curse might have broken. But Cora ripped out her heart and any chance for true love was gone