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86.157.127.0 wrote:

Killian Jones wrote:

86.157.127.0 wrote: Belle loves Rumple while Cora "loved" the Dark Ones power. ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Cora loved Rumplestiltskin, because he was the Dark One. She loved his power, more than him. Belle loves Rumplestiltskin, for the man he is underneath.

lol, I think she really loved him. That's the reason she riped out her heart. If she didn't love him, she would have just abandom him *without* riping her own heart out :)

You forget Cora has always believed love is a weakness when Emma proved it was a strength. Not believing in  love like that meant it was not true love. You forget that Cora not always believed that. It was King Xavier who told this, and it was some time after she fell in love with Rumple :)