Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4821842-20151114051347/@comment-25758988-20170304004507

Rumple did not create the DC. The DC was already in exitence before Rumple became the DO. I believe the creator of the curse was Merlin or Nimue perhaps. But the curse that was created was the very basic version of the curse. The curse possibly had a very different effect in this stage, it prob sent you to another world and probably altered memories but that is possibly all. Rumple aquired the DC and altered it. He needed it to take him to a specific world and he knew he needed to create a failsafe so the curse can be broken so he can find his son. Which he does seem to have added to the curse. He clearly changes the curse to suit his needs, and more specificially it needed to meet Regina's needs. So he may not have specifically created the DC but he made all the neccessary changes that made the DC so dangerous and epic so he can defo use the claim that he created the curse.

However before he could set up his plan to trick Regina into finding away to send Snow and Charmig to another world so she could hurt them, the DC was stolen from him by either Merlin or the Apprentice and placed it in the chamber and they put unusual obstcles in the way that needed specific skills to get around (like the chamber of secretes in Harry Potter).

He needed Mal, Ursula and Cruella to get past these obstcles because as Hmcooper4 mentioned the place is possibly DO proof and defo poof proof.

I would also like to mention the curse effects seems so different since the original one was cast. I mean it never changes memories, never stops time, never creates a new Storybook and never needs a 28 year savior return. It also seems to have a different smoke colour, sometimes its grey, sometimes purple and even green. Weird. The only connection each curse has is the heart of the person you love most. I mean the original DC needed the hair of the most evil creatures, even though no Mal, no hair frm Ursula, no hair from Rumple, or the blind witch (gingerbread one). Its so inconsistant, when you stop and think about it.