Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24118922-20131101170851

Hey All,

I have been thinking about the Dark One's dagger for the last couple of weeks as it has a ppeared to yet again gain significance in season three. I was wondering what would happen if the Dark One used the dagger on himself? I mean no one wants Robert Carlyle to leave the show, including me but I find it interesting. We know that the dagger is the only thing that can kill the Dark One and that the person weilding the dagger assumes the role of the new Dark One. However my main question is what would happen if Rumplestiltskin used the dagger on himself, so as to protect the one's he loved, because it would seem that by sacrificing his life by means of the dagger Rumplestitskin would forfeit it's power? Effectively, the dagger would not have a new host to inherit the the Dark One's curse and the curse would seem to be lifted. 