Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4050367-20140717023819/@comment-4839682-20140721204946

It's always seemed to me that Rumple sees bits, and then influences events to make those things happen.

In this example, it seems to me that he saw that he needed Cora's daughter, Regina, to cast his curse. He then made moves to ensure those things came to be. He showed up before Cora got herself executed to ensure she'd birth that child.

What I think he assumed in this is that Regina was her first born. I think he made that assumption based on Cora being unmarried and childless. In that instance, it's safe to assume she'd never borne a child. He wanted to ensure her next child, her only child, in his mind, would go to him, as he knew that daughter would cast his curse. Honestly, being the first or not doesn't seem relevant in this, and was likely more of a call to the original fairytale. (Honestly, what disturbs me the most about it is that Rumple was willing to essentially sacrifice his own child for his Curse)

I think this is the kind of glimpse Rumple gets. Very small, but enough.