Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2157876-20131113212734

but Baelfire's ?

The seer saw his future but she didn't tell him all, just something unclear that Rumple interpreted as his death, this profecy set events in motion that eventually  led him to leave his son fatherless.

So her second profecy says that Henry will be his undoing....again it's unclear what she meant and Rumplestiltskin again interpreted this as his Death, because of the selfish nature of the character seems that he will only think about his own safety.

This time he is determinated to fulfill his role in the profecy and sacrifce himself in order to save Henry. But what if what the seer meant was that the "Save Henry Quest" will lead to Neil's Death, given Rumple's motivation to find Baelfire and searching the Seer to take away her powers and see if he will succeed in finding Bae, seems logical that Rumple's undoing is losing Baelfire again and forever after all. 