Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141006180403/@comment-24674051-20141022163823

I'm not totally sure I would classify Rumple as a "villian". Sure, some of his actions are harmful, and most of them result in some benefit for him. He is self-centered and addicted to power, and as a result tends to make a lot of decisions that further that line of thinking.

But he has had his moments of "heroism". He singlehandly ended the Ogre Wars (though it was for selfish reasons, there were a lot of people that did benefit from that act). He did face down his dad/aka Peter Pan, as has been mentioned.

And let's face it, many people seek him out because he is powerful, and he is able to help them if they pay his price (whatever the price happens to be).

I think I would more classify him as an Anti-Hero. But that's just my opinion.