Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160321010032/@comment-25926288-20160325011753

Jordy267 wrote: Eskaver wrote: You're looking through a fun house mirror, but not alone. Rumple and Milah were both terrible people and they both had problems. And people blame Rumple for his decision because he's the one that made it. The probelm was that he sold away her agency, which is never something someone should do. So, in simple terms, Milah was trapped and pushed her frustrations out on Rumple and Rumple wasn't much of a helpful person.

So, Milah was wrong to get Rumple do deliver vigilante justice, but Rumple was wrong in not talking to Milah first because he sold Milah's chance to have another child with him. You can't make decisions for others in your relationship without talking about things. I totally agree with that, he should have talked to her, but they were running out of time. I wonder if it was possible to bring her to the healer's tent before Baelfire died, but maybe he just thought it was a no-brainer. A stupid move nonetheless, my only real point here is that I see a lot of sympathy for Milah here even though she, unlike Rumple, wasn't trying her best to save her son AND be the parent Baelfire deserved. Also, during her flirting with a pirate who was experienced in stealing, had most likely killed people and was more physically fit for it than Rumple, did it not occur to Milah to ask Killian to take the potion? It deals with the society they are in. Milah was pretty much giving Rumple a chance at doing the manly thing to do. It's not right to have strangers do things for you, especially if you don;t know them. Rumple fought in a war and likely knew how to fight, while Milah didn't so, it was the manly thing to do that was suppose to be Rumple's. Milah likely never wielded a weapon to kill anyone.