Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-31592902-20170630182255/@comment-25926288-20170713152729

Emillian Swanones wrote: I definitley agree that their relationship is toxic. I didn't think it was horrible until Season 4, though. I agree with this. He was a manipulative, selfish and weak man, but season for (except for some key scenes) turned him into a cartoon villain. He wanted to take over the world and fell into a weird loop. Since Rumple was kept as back-up villain, Rumple also got worse and abusive (though the writers would say "close to crossing the line").