Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5965318-20141208022925/@comment-24674051-20141208191540

Atharos wrote: Thegreywizard wrote: I'm personally sicked and tired that Rumple has some history with every single villain that there has been. Why can't the villain have some history with someone else, why do they always end up making a deal with Rumple? Gonna kill Adam and Eddy. Rumple is very strong, the only one that can grant certain things to the villains. Also, he had 300 years of EF history to be filled. And not only that, Rumple is the Dark One. Meaning he not only has 300+ years of his own life as Rumplestiltskin, but also the memories of the previous Dark Ones, going back who knows how long. Meaning the he probably knows things that most other people have long forgotten.

And for living over 300 years, he's developed a reputation for having any answer, for the right price. If his solutions did not deliver. nobody would seek his assistance. The fact of the matter is, his solutions did deliver, so people were willing to seek him out, no matter how evil he was.

And it's not just villians he has history with. He has history with Snow, David, Archie/Jiminy, Blue, Cinderella, and probably has had dealings with the Dwarves. Also, I don't remember if Granny ever said where she got the cloak that she gave to Red, so it would not surprise me if she didn't make some sort of deal with Rumple to obtain it.