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Lola987 wrote: He probably would've been exactly how he was in the Operation Mongoose universe Similar, at least.

The thing about prophecies is that they are self-fulfulling, and come to pass in the least expected way. The Black Fairy may have severed Rumplestiltskin's destiny as the Savior, but that does not mean she saved him. If anything, by doing that she cemented their fates.