Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11058666-20141228031222/@comment-5205908-20150106104123

Things have a way for being not what they appear to be in this show. Maybe Mr. Gold isn't really interested in finding the author, or wanting him to to give him a quick fix of a happy ending. For all we know, he knows that would guarantee the opposite. Given Rumplestiltskin's intelligence and if he really believes there's a man who's in charge of the rules on the fates of heroes and villains, he would definitely know threats or forcing deals aren't going to get him to write a happy endings for him either. So we can only wait and see what he's up to.

As for Rumple and Belle, the writers have pretty much destroyed them at this point. However, I also believe the writers have invested too much in them to leave them like this. Maybe their story won't end like Beauty and the Beast, but it might be good one for them.