Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11058666-20141228031222/@comment-26033121-20150331221904

Eskaver wrote: I firmly believe he loves power more than her and there is proof everywhere. It took a while for his love for Bae to grow stronger than his love of power. His love for Belle is very small in comparison for his love for Bae. So, if it were to happen, it would take a good period of time for that to occur. I don't think that it's love for power so much, rather it's fear of being the weak and submissive cripple again. It's an addiction. An addiction can look a lot like love. As for Rumple loving Bae more than Belle, I don't completely disagree with that. However, Rumple didn't know where to start looking with Belle, and he had the Seer who told him about Baelfire.