Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-34563899-20180202235154/@comment-29661712-20180205020122

In Manhattan, Rumplestiltskin was called to the front and wanted to be in there so he can free himself from his father's grasp. When he heard from the seer that his actions will make his child fatherless, he makes himself lame because he heard thatthat's the only way he can be with his son. When he came backhome to Milah and Baelfire, his wife not only rejected him, but she also told him to die.

In the opening scene of Devil's Due, Rumplestiltskin offered to help Milah before Baelfire gets a poisonous snake bite. When the healer requests 100 gold pieces in exchange for curing Baelfire, what's Milah's solution? Murder. Yeah, this is Rumple's wife. Luckily, however, Rumplestiltskin didn't murder the healer, and actually accepted the healer's terms. It just happens that the healer's terms was Rumple's second-born child, which leads to Milah storming out AGAIN to see Killian.

In the Crocodile, when Rumple comes to collect Milah, she immediately begins mocking him before leaving him for Killian while feigning being kidnapped.

It's quite obvious from my statements that Milah is abusing Rumple, not the other way around. Milah should have accepted that what Rumplestiltskin did was to save Baelfire's life, and that he was the one whose future was being prevented. Milah's been abusing Rumplestiltskin from the start.