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Arithon911 wrote: 1.  Why did Rumple need to "lock Mr Gold away in a corner of his mind" when the Coven's curse hit in Season 7? Why couldn't he just drink a memory potion like he did the last time a curse hit the Enchanted Forest?

'''We don't actually know what he did the first time, if there was a potion, just that he needed to hear Emma's name in order to wake up. I guess he decided that wouldn't work or something... Zelena on the other hand had potions so I mean... '''

3.  And ... why didn't he die when Tilly shot him to wake him. He isn't immortal in the Land Without Magic. Or wasn't in Seasons 2 or 4. (I'm thinking of Hook's attempt to poison him in Season 2 and Cruella's reference to his "real world ability to die" in Season 4.)

'''Survived long enough to get healed at the hospital (happens). '''

Of course, if he was just "lucky not to die" and is indeed mortal in Hyperion Heights, he has a very easy way to escape the dagger's hold and rejoin Belle. I can see why him killing himself wouldn't be in keeping with the show's ethos or, indeed, a Disney series ... but if he is so keen to do anything to rejoin her, surely he would be tempted to try it. Unless he thinks he will be dammed if he does. So many unanswered questions.

'''I think maybe something would happen to the DO powers? We don't actually know what would happen to them in the LWM though... '''