Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20150509042358/@comment-6175354-20150514191422

Hmcooper4 wrote:

What I am suggesting is Regina giving Rumple a gift, no strings attached, no expectation of anything in return, just one person showing respect to another person. Now, I will say that Regina probably would not do it without asking. And maybe the better scene is Regina offering to heal Rumple, and Rumple politely refusing, for the reasons stated above (It is a reminder of his past and his mistakes). Magic always has a price, no matter the intention. Those are just the rules, and always have been on OUaT.

If you care so much about Rumplestiltskin finding redemption, then he needs to keep that limp. He needs to stay far away from magic, and overcome his cowardice. The only way to do that is with a constant reminder of that fateful event, of when he maimed himself instead of going to battle. That was how Rumple was branded the village coward.