Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24674051-20141202161021/@comment-26255666-20150401215910

Nice Gaston reference from Beauty and the Beast.

I thought the entire show was centered on Rumple, it certainly seemed that way Seasons 1-3. The Dark Curse and Storybrooke (aka seasons 1-3) are all the doing of Rumple just to get back to Baelfire. You are absolutely right.

I think The Dark One just manipulates everyone around him to so much of a degree that he is able to control certain situations to an extent but not completely.