Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34924658-20161031211322/@comment-25926288-20161101012622

DatNuttyKid wrote: I don't really feel like summarizing all of it; basically, his weirdly dark motives make sense when you take into account that he literally has a voice in his head telling him that it's the right thing to do. But Rumple doesn't need that. It was never shown as the voice stays until you accept the darkness (which Rumple did immediately). His dark motives are just him, just as Emma's dark motives were just her.