Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160420173957/@comment-24674051-20160421180107

Eskaver wrote: It's far out there as babies are confirmed to be blank slates (ignoring season 4b because the writers can't tell what "potential for darkness" is from actual darkness) unless powerful magic is being used to change it. '''And What is HG Magic? Swiss Cheese? XD '''Now, giving it to Belle would have poofed her off to the vault and reforged as a Dark One. Giving Belle the same affliction would just twist Rumbelle in sad, sickening ways. would it though? Did Merlin *Poof* to the vault? Did Nimue *Poof* to the vault? I think the vault is tied to the dagger, and Excalibur after Zelena used it to tether Merlin, and it is that tethering that resulted in the vault and the *poofing*. Also, Rumple did not *Poof* to the vault when he regained the DO powers. And while the Dagger he has still (apparently) retains the controlling/tethering power, it can't be the original one, because Excalibur was complete and destroyed when Emma killed Killian.

And giving Belle the same affliction would not have to be sickening, IF she took Merlin's method of dealing with the HG Magic.

Still, as I said, the idea is way out there.