Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-30258394-20161018024847/@comment-25926288-20161018212715

Farerb wrote: The writers of this show write their characters OOC very often in order for them to serve the plot. Rumple has been acting OOC in this episode and for a long time otherwise the OP (and a lot of other people from the fandoms) would not speculate crackpot theories about perhaps that's not Rumple (because the real Rumple, the complex character we've known in the earlier seasons wouldn't have acted the way current Rumple acted in the episode therefore there must be some sort of twist to explain it like it's a completely different person). Would you say 4b to present has all been "consistently" out of character? If so, then they are in character, under a new version.

Rumple has the same elements as previous Rumple. Do you think Rumple (current) cares for his son? Do you believe Rumple (current) cares for Belle?

Now, besides that, Rumple has been a controlling person with everyone he's loved. He did so with Bae, Milah, and now, Belle. None of that is out of character. Maybe they side-step a dimension, went loopy on his character progression, but it hits majority of his character.

We can break it down, if you'd like. List instances that were out of character and we can all have a discussion.