Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1916997-20151012011036/@comment-24674051-20151013202410

Well, a couple of comments on the Bae's scarf, then.

First, Gold kept it in his safe, which was locked by blood magic. Zelena got into it using blood she collected by nicking Gold during a close shave. Belle would not be able to get into that safe if she wanted to, and there's no guarantee that Henry's blood would be sufficient to open the safe (though I imagine it would).

Second, the ingredient needed to be something that Gold touched before he became the Dark One. Bae's scarf was something he treasured, but there is nothing that says that it was from before the time of Rumple being the Dark One. Maybe it was, and maybe it wasn't (Rumple could have conjured it up to replace the worn out rags his son was wearing originally). However, the rusty blade that Killian possessed has been shown to have come from before Rumple was the Dark One. And quite honestly, that was the first item I thought of when Belle made her comment. I was wondering why, knowing that Rumple and Hook go back as far as they do, Belle did not ask Killian if he had anything that might work.