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Eskaver wrote: DarthLegend123 wrote: HarryPotterRules1 wrote: He has been willing to change and is still willing too  just as long as he is able to keep his power. If by "Willing to change" you mean become a better man, then i don't buy that he is willing to change... At all! He's had plenty of opportunities to be a better man, but he just keeps choosing the dark path over the light. He's lied to/manipulated Belle many times, trying to convice her that he'd change, but it very much seems to me like he wants to remain evil.

I think Rumple pretty much says every season to Belle "Who could ever love me?" and Belle doesn't take a hint.

Eddy Kitsis has reminded fans in several interviews that Rumple said way back when that he's a difficult man to love, and therefore the show continues to shows that.