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86.157.127.0 wrote: Killian Jones wrote:

86.157.127.0 wrote: Belle loves Rumple while Cora "loved" the Dark Ones power. ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Cora loved Rumplestiltskin, because he was the Dark One. She loved his power, more than him. Belle loves Rumplestiltskin, for the man he is underneath. lol, I think she really loved him. That's the reason she riped out her heart. If she didn't love him, she would have just abandom him *without* riping her own heart out :)

You forget Cora has always believed love is a weakness when Emma proved it was a strength. Not believing in  love like that meant it was not true love. Although Cora may have loved Rumple, I don't think her feeling for him was strong enough to give up the potential power that she would have gained by marrying Henry. Which is why she ripped out her heart in the first place, since she knew that that her emotion would have gotten in the way for her rise in power. I think this episode does show that her lust for power was stronger than whatever feeling she had for  Rumple. Which did included her feeling toward Rumple, ironically what caused her death was getting her heart back.