Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-25733960-20180519054612/@comment-25733960-20180519211744

Eskaver wrote:

8. Watch the episode. Wish Rumple stripped Rumple of his powers and immortality. Magic (seen in episode 2) doesn’t distinguish who is who. (Yes, the writers even has magic confused by the plot) So, Rumple uses Wish Rumple’s magic to trade his/Weaver’s life for Hook’s which ends the Darkness. Yes, I know. But just can find the logic here

W! Rumple stripped Rumple of his powers and inmortality, but he was still the Dark One. A powerless Dark Ones, but the Dark One nonetheless. We know he was still the Dark One, because he was still linked to W!Rumple and his sacrifice killed him.

But if he was still the Dark One, how come he could kill himself without the Dagger. We were told only the Dagger could kill the Dark One

I just can't reconcile both plot points.