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However he took away his father's heroic sacrifice and made one of his own. Even though it wasn't really all that heroic. Belle warned him beforehand. Plus he took himself out of the fight against Zelena, and gave his father up to be a slave to her. Though he didn't do that intentionally, he didn't see the consequences of his sacrifice, not to mention the ending of his own life. He sill had a son to live for and possibly Emma.