Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26385535-20151207094959/@comment-6175354-20151207144017

Eskaver wrote:

Anyhow, I would say that Rumple did want Belle to go, because he knew what he was going to do. He wanted her to leave because he lost hope in their love and gave into Darkness once again. You are probably right.... but Gold make his choice, and there is no going back now. The moral of 5.11 was "you choose who you want to be", and Gold chose to become the Dark One yet again.