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Rumple is what we see about 95% of the time. Let me see...........Regina asked Mr. Gold what his name was and he said Rumplestiltskin. He can act like a mob boss and serious, but he's still Rumple. That's like saying Regina and the evil Queen are nothing alike. Just because Regina isn't wearing crazy clothes and isn't so over the top doesn't mean she's someone else.

He didn't revery to anything becaus ehe is the same person as always. He's always been human. His skin may not be sparkly but that deals nothing with the internal character.

Rumple acted that way because he had magic. He was a bully as Regina describes and without magic he became a bully in terms of a mob boss or whatever he was suppose to be. Everyone knows his crazy antics were just a show, even he himself (Neal and Zelena too) mocks his crazy ways. But there's no need for him to be that way because he was getting closer to his son and even Belle, he doesn't need to but up this mask of being some devilish imp.

Think of his impish days as his carefree days and now he's buckled down and got serious.

Rumple being sadistic and torturous was a bit funny becuase that's like the only time we saw him smiling like a child getting ice cream. Then again he sort of hates himself, so there's that to consider.