Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26184894-20150518061700/@comment-26175319-20150519145229

Hmcooper4 wrote:

Plus, even if he can't USE magic, I don't think that he will lose 300+ years of knowledge about magic. In that sense, he would make a great complement to Belle in the Research and Development area.

It's all going to boil down to where the writers want to take Rumple. My personnal guess is that when Rumple comes out of the preversation spell he'll be really confused and struggle with the lost of the DO and learning not to rely on its power all the time. I think he'll have all of his memories which will haunt him for a while. I also think he won't be able to perform any magic at first although we remembers what is needed to do so and that he'll eventually "re-learn" to perform some magic although not as powerfull as before.

I also agree with you that his new entourage, specifically Belle will help hom a lot to settle down, but 300+ years of dark deeds can catch you in no time when you're trying to be a better man.

And what about that white heart...