Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11058666-20141228031222/@comment-5205908-20150202194522

Andrew.scott.503 wrote: Most everyone thinks it's going to be RumBella... What if it turns out to be RumLacey that ends up making a happy ending for both Rumple and Lacey instead (can a villainous couple find a happy ending)?

After all, the Snow Queens Mirror showed the Lacey reflection or dark side of Bella. And in Season 2, as Lacey, she was quite happy\excited to be with and witness Rumples darkness. Maybe THAT is what Rumples wants, is someone to participate and appreciate his greed and power lust. As a wizard, he probably would be able to extend Bella/Lacey's life for a very very long time (remember when he met Neal in NYC, he did propose rejuvenating Neal back into a boy as a way to do a "do over" for their estranged relationship at that point). I've thought that maybe Belle's cursed self may actually be more fitting love interest for Rumplestiltskin, considering they are both dark. However, I think they will go with the idea of romance that opposites attract for Belle and Mr. Gold(not the cursed self version). Rumple and Belle never had the same fairytale ending in their history as their story counterparts. For all we know they are going to give them such happy ending when the show ends.