Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-68.125.32.224-20130312042332/@comment-11464223-20130930023357

Velox Raptor wrote: Because Rumpel didn't want to change for Cora. Cora brought out his evil side, Belle brought out his good side. Lacey brought out his evil side also. When Belle kissed Rumpel in "Skin Deep" his fear (and inability to accept her love) won out, as Belle said to him before she left. "You were freeing yourself..." she'd said. But he couldn't believe that Belle loved him.

Still dunno wtf with their kissing in Storybrooke not breaking the curse though. Magic works differently in LWM. Also, their relationship has been thrown around lately, one could argue that it would only work in a "true moment", if you will. They've been tumbling around and haven't had any of those.

But my bet is the former, Magic works differently.