Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-264749-20130520184336/@comment-62.113.174.151-20130520210115

I think the kiss doesn't work if the parties have negative feelings or thoughts. You know, True Love doesn't hate or seek revenge, It's selfless and forgiving :) Rumple/Gold always had some dark feelings/thoughts (hate towards Regina or his self-hatred because of what happened to Bae) while kissing Belle in the Storybrooke, but in Skin Deep I think he was only happy. He had just fallen in love, and his loved one had come back to him and was about to tell that she loves him too.