Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5899967-20170127112941/@comment-24674051-20170127222710

Actually, having a new Dark One opens the possibilities for a completely different take on the character. Just as Emma brought something different to being the Dark One that was NOT Rumple, and neither Rumple nor Emma were exactly like Zoso or Nimue, a new DO would have, or at least could have, new motivations, new directions, new ways of operating. He would NOT be Rumple, and all that comes with being Rumple.