Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25517595-20150330011154/@comment-26103640-20150331150647

I completely agree with you, Hmcooper4. We keep seeing "easy" ways to get from the EF to LWM, and I know I automatically think plot hole. But for sure Rumple wanted to make sure he would be able to have magic. And also his things. He brought a ridiculous amount of stuff with him in the curse, and was brilliantly setup as the proprietor of a pawn shop. Once he had his memories, and then magic back, he had everything on hand to find Bae. Rumple doesn't leave anything to chance, he couldn't just take a bean and hope to find his son without magic. He needed his crutch, i.e.magic.

I'm interested to see how many of the poor choices will turn out to be because of the Author's meddling. I'm for sure betting (hoping) that the Charmings only stole Maleficent's baby because of the Author. And the Author is right, it does make for a more interesting story!