Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-13475854-20140330141810/@comment-4975807-20140625191843

"Dead is dead". There is no coming back alive when someone dies. I would look at Rumplestiltskin's case of ressurection as dabbing into dark magic in order to bring back a so-called "unholy" creature. The very foundation of his powers and his more than 300+ years existence is dark magic. It's the only thing that can substain or kill him, and since his ressurection, it's also apparently something that can revive him (with a price, of course...).