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Let's also remember that Rumple seemed to be able to keep at least some awareness of who he was, because the good that we did see on occasion was Rumple and not the DO. So the good part of Emma is going to be fighting as well, although her fight will be on a different level.

That being said, Emma as the Antagonist for at least the first half of season 5 will be fun to watch.

Second half, I predict that the Dark One will move to a new host, ie Merlin.

So we should have the Dark One all season, just different hosts between the halves.