Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24674051-20141202161021

Ok, I saw this on one of the other threads, and it got me thinking. (a dangerous pasttime, I know).

I think that the person that mentioned that everything is related to rumple (either by familiy or by his involvement) is absolutely right. There are two significant events, without which there would not be any reason for OUAT. and both involve Rumple and Bae.

The first is when Rumple became the Dark One, because of his desire to protect Bae. This is what gives him his ultimate power.

The second is when Bae left through the portal. If Bae does not go when he did, Rumple does not come up with the Idea for the Dark Curse. And the ONLY reason Bae leaves is because of the obsession Rumple has with his powers as the Dark One. And if Rumple chooses to let go of the dagger and go with Bae, there is no need for the dark curse, as the real underlying reason (as far as we know) for the curse is to bring Rumple and his Magic to the LWM.

Once Bae departed, the rest of the story is a foregone conclusion. While Regina or others may have been able to dodge their part in events leading up to the casting of the Dark Curse, the curse was going to happen. Rumple was going to make sure. And everything, even being captured by Cinderella, was orchestrated by Rumple. Rumple himself told Regina that he was right where he wanted to be when the Curse was cast.

So the real question is, is it really Rumple pulling the strings, or is the Dark One a seperate Entity that is controlling the situations. 