Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-31844161-20170426193909/@comment-25926288-20170426200017

It's not carelessness. The episodes recently where people easily stole from Rumple without consequence is carelessness (in writing).

Everyone gets a hold of Rumple's dagger when it's on him. (6x09, Emma and Hook thought it was on him when they squid inked him, but he didn't have it on him then.)

1. Belle tricked him, which can't be blamed on Rumple because noone expected her to steal it. Gideon used the same technique. Love is weakness as Cora said.

2. Hyde got it because once Hyde got his hands on it, he controlled Rumple. Rumple wasn't too careless, he's using his dagger for magic more often.

3. Black is the first person to have poofed the dagger to them. Noone has ever done that before.

So, that's not a crack in his character. It's more reasonable than Anna getting his dagger (Rumple barely flinches when Hook stabbs him with his hook, but somehow drops his dagger when a mouse bites him.)