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I don't think you can actively say she would push him towards it in a negative way, since he would already have pushed himself towards it because of their son. I like both Cora and Milah as characters, even Belle. Before Zelena (which she was definitely a partial retcon), Cora seemed like a decent person before removing her heart. She was understandably ambitious. Milah was a decent person who wasn't heeded and ended up in a shameful place in society and wanted more. That's why I realized the differences of Rumple's partners. Cora and Milah wanted more status in life, a better life than they were living, poor and stood up against Rumple right away. Belle was already of social status and was content with her noble rank, and was almost a complete door mat that Rumple could walk over, at least he thought. Milah, to me, was a real wife to Rumple. An almost equal partner in a simple relationship, she knew him how he was before. Belle was a weak partner in a complicated relationship, where she sees the coward Rumple, the Dark One, and her idealized good Rumple underneath.