Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25823557-20161107113425/@comment-1916997-20161107151405

Well, Milah probably didn't have a lot of choices for people to marry, and Rumple was at least someone who knew a useful trade. Cora, Regina, and Zelena were all attracked to his darkness and power, not so much his looks. And Belle, who knows, but she is the Beauty and Rumple is the Beast, so they had to have her like him.