Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5934324-20140208153325/@comment-24663765-20140310025306

Just an idea, but Rumplestiltskin could be the Cowardly Lion character from the Wizard of Oz. He looks pretty catlike in this picture If Zelena has his dagger, she could control him, also, it's been a running theme from Hook, Neal, Milah and pretty much everyone else that  Rumplestiltskin is a coward.

There's also the long-shot possiblity that Zelena doesn't have the real dagger, but a fake one that looks like the real deal and  Rumplestiltskin is afraid to see what might happen to him if it is the real dagger.