Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20161003005933/@comment-25926288-20161018203745

Hmcooper4 wrote: Well, to be fair, taking another person's life, no matter the reason, is going to have a profound impact on the person. Consider the many policemen that are required to undergo counseling (and evaluation) after they have had to shoot a person in the course of their jobs. (And I won't even go into the number of vets that need counselling after being involved in combat).

And I would not say that Rumple was ever pure of heart. his heart was a clean slate, but it was never pure. As for the Egg-Nappers, didn't Snow acknowledge the possibility that the darkness on her heart could have been caused by the Egg events, rather than the murder of Cora? Yeah, but we know that ti wasn't because of that, lol. Rumple had a pure heart (or whatever defines a hero) because he pulled Excalibur. I mean, technically he lied after that, but he doesn't often get heart ripped.

My issue is that they hardly stress the other "wrong" or morally dubious things besides murder darkneing your heart. David at least killed a few people and lied a few times, but he had a pure heart.